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.
09.05.2013
Wartime songs were performed in the museum on Victory Day
The Open Day for veterans of the Great Patriotic War and homefront workers was held in the museum on May 9. Besides, Honoured Artist of Russia Alexander Sudin gave a concert in the conference hall. Spectators could listen to the songs of the wartime and post-war years which all of us probably knew very well. They are not just familiar to us - we have learnt them by heart. These are names of just some of them: “Dark Night”, “Zemlyanka”, “Last Fight”, “Echo of the Past War”, “The Storks” and, of course, “Victory Day”.
The guests sang together with the artist and even danced during the concert. They listened to the song “Victory Day” that became a real anthem of the holiday standing and many were crying. And it is not surprising because the Victory Day is a holiday with tears in the eyes.
68 years have passed, but the fate of the Soviet people who could defeat the fascist army in that terrible war is not forgotten. The songs are one more way to carry the wartime atmosphere through decades. Today they were performed for the guests of the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve.
