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.
05.04.2013
Deputy of the RF State Duma Vyacheslav Pozgalev was satisfied with his visit to Museum of town and district history
Vyacheslav Pozgalev, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, went to see the Museum of town and district history within the framework of his working visit to Kirillov. He got acquainted with the activity of institutions working in the sphere of preservation and revival of the traditions of folk culture.
Employees of the museum conducted a tour of the exposition which made a good impression on Vyacheslav Pozgalev. He signed the Distinguished Visitors’ Book: “I congratulate you on good work. It is great that you carefully preserve the history of your town. The museum is the elementary school for all residents of the district and the landmark for the guests”.
