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.
13.05.2013
Spectators liked Easter event in the museum
The Easter event was held in the museum on Sunday. It was opened by Father Superior of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery Ignaty who greeted its participants saying: “Christ Has Risen”. A literary and music composition presented by pupils of the Sunday school (teacher Olga Kosheleva) was about Easter. Then all guests saw a small performance “Red Neck” staged under the direction of teacher Tatiana Lyushina. They thanked the children and adults for their creative activity. In all, 135 people attended the concert, including adults and kids from the Sunday school of Cherepovets.
