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.
07.03.2013
Children of kindergartens in Kirillov get acquainted with the museum
Employees of the development department conduct lessons for children attending kindergartens of Kirillov within the framework of the program “See the museum”. In January 2013, kids came to the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve to see a puppet play “Snow Maiden”. Practical lessons on the subjects “How people get wool” and “Felt boots” took place in February. During the first event, children saw a presentation about domestic animals and then made postcards using coloured cardboard and paper. At the second lesson, boys and girls learnt how felt boots were made and created their own souvenirs in the form of felt boots decorated with colourful ribbons.
Museum employees delivered several master-classes titled “Dolls from the grandmother’s chest” for children of pre-school groups. Kids were pleased to make rag-dolls with their own hands. They were offered to create two dolls: an amulet “Angel” and a playing doll “A hare for a finger”.
