Anons
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.
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.
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

12.01.2013

Two concerts were held in the museum on January 4. The first one – “Children’s Voices” – started at noon. Pupils who took part in it represented several institutions working with children in Kirillov: the Centre of Children’s Creative Activity, the Art school, the Youth centre “Alfa”, and the District Cultural Centre. They sang and danced, recited poems and showed small sketches. Participants of the concert admitted that they would be glad to organize similar joint events in the museum in future.

Our Vologda’s guest Oksana Ivanova whom many residents of Kirillov knew very well performed in the evening. Her concert attracted a capacity crowd. And nobody was disappointed. Oksana sang songs in Russian, French, and English. Her repertoire includes both modern and folk songs. Besides, she can accompany herself on the guitar. There was loud applause for Oksana at the end of the concert and she sang an encore.