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.

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21.06.2013

Icons from private collections will be presented at the exhibition “Russian Saints”

The exhibition titled “Russian Saints” is due to be opened in the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes on June 28. Icons from the private collections will be displayed there. This exhibition is the result of long-team cooperation of the museum with Russian collectors and it is not their first joint project. A round-table discussion will take place after the opening ceremony.

It is interesting that the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes is a kind of a test ground where the collectors’ works are displayed in a single exhibition that is staged in the other museums of the country later.

It is also planned to hold a conference “Russian Saints” in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve on the same day. Organizers of the exhibition with the same title will give their reports there.

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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)