History of the region based on the materials of archeological excavations” is being opened on the lowest floor of the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple with the refectory. It is the first full exhibition representing archaeology of the Belozersk district in the Vologda Region. Materials of the monastery archeology are displayed for the first time in our region. More than 4000 archeological objects dating back to different chronological periods are represented there: from the Mesolithic period (9000 B.C.) till the late Middle Ages.

Monk’s cell

At the end of the 20th – early 21st century considerable restoration work has been carried out in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve. Museumfication of the monuments is being realized at the same time. One of the most interesting architectural buildings of the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery is the Monks’ cells. In the process of its restoration architects and restorers managed to discover complicated structure of this dwelling house of the 17th-19th centuries.

Folk art of the Belozersk district

Exhibitions dedicated to the folk applied art and handicrafts of the Belozersk district are placed in the spacious vaulted chambers of the monastery cook-house of the 16th century. An important place is occupied by wood-carving, ceramics, peasant embroidery, weaving, lace-making and a folk female costume of the 19th-early 20th centuries.

News

07.05.2009

In May, 22 the employees of the Kirillo-Belozersky museum taking part in the return of the icons of the church of the Deposition of the Robe will meet with the cultural public of the Vologda region.

The Kirillo-Belozersky historic-architectural and art museum, the Vologda regional scientific library by the name of I.V. Babushkin invite you to this meeting. It will take place in May, 22 at 4 p.m. in the Vologda regional scientific library.

06.05.2009

The presentation of the book of V.G.Gostinshchikov «Winged soldiers» took place in the museum conference hall.

06.05.2009

The tourists of the ship "Lenin" visited the museum. They were the first guests which came by the ship this year.

05.05.2009

The 5th International festival of the Moscow children's creative collectives "Native land" took place in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum.

The participants of the festival were taken from Yaroslavl to the museum by buses. Some creative collectives of the town Kirillov took part in this festival too.

30.04.2009

From April, 28 till April, 30 the plenary meeting of the department of Old Russian literature of institute of Russian literature of the Academy of science of the Russian Federation (the Pushkin House) took place in the museum conference hall.

28.04.2009

The “Bulletins” on the site

24.04.2009

The presentation of the anthology “Kirillov-7” took place in the conference hall.

22.04.2009

The famous Byelorussian writer Svetlana Aleksiyevich visited the Kirillo-Belozersky museum.

Earlier she had visited Vologda within the limits of the project “Penates of Vologda”.

S. Aleksiyevich wrote in the visitor’s book: “Nowadays it is difficult to preserve faith in a man.

But there are signs of our life here everywhere, so it is clear that you shouldn’t despair but just do your own business. And this is the only thing you can believe. Thank you that you let me understand and hear it here.”

22.04.2009

In April, 28-30 a meeting of the Department of the Old Russian literature of institute of Russian literature (Pushkin House) will be held

22.04.2009

The presentation of the book «Winged soldiers» of V.G. Gostinshchikov will take place in the museum conference hall on the 6th of May

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