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.
17.04.2013
Employees of the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve participated in clean-up event
Layers of snow on the roadsides and streams along the roads (mainly, pavements) can be seen in Kirillov in the middle of April because of the long winter this year.
The ensemble of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery is considered to be the largest in Europe. We certainly feel pride in this fact, but it means that quite a large area is covered with snow and requires clearing. Much snow was removed with the help of tractors. But there are still snowdrifts in the places where groups of tourists are to appear soon. So today employees of the museum have organized a cleaning day: they put on gloves, took necessary tools and shoveled away snow.
