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

19.12.2012

New exhibition: “History of the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery during the reign of the Romanovs”.

An exhibition on the occasion of the 400^th anniversary of the crowning of the first Romanov tsar – Mikhail Fyodorovich - is due to be opened in the House of the Father Superior on January 5.

The history of the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery, one of the largest monasteries in Russia, was closely connected with the Romanov dynasty. Its representatives visited both the monastery and the town of Kirillov. According to the inventories and other documents, they made generous donations. Some of them are kept in the museum holdings and will be presented at the new exhibition.

It will tell about the reign of Mikhail Fyodorovich, Alexey Mikhailovich, Peter I, Catherine II, Alexander I, Nickolas I and the last representatives of the dynasty. One part will be devoted to the construction of the Mariinsky Water System which started under Paul I.

You will be able to see unique exhibits, including the armchair made by patriarch Nikon, famous church reformer who was exiled first to the Ferapontov monastery and then to the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery.

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The project is implemented within the programme of support for fine arts museums in the provinces of Russia "Museums of the Russian North" supported by "Severstal" PLC and "CAF" (Charities Aid Foundation)