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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.

News

22.06.2013

A new service has become available for visitors of the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve – Russian audio-guide of the exposition “Old Russian Art of 15th-17th centuries” located on the first floor of the House of the Father Superior.

The museum employees made the audio-guide during several months. They chose the most interesting exhibits, prepared texts with their description and recorded them in the studio. The total recording time of the audio-guide is about two hours.

You can make use of the new museum service, on applying to the ticket-office on the ground floor of the House of the Father Superior. It costs 60 rubles.

The audio-guide of one of the main museum expositions has already received first favourable comments of the visitors. In their turn, the museum employees are not going to stop at what has already been accomplished. It is planned to make audio-guides of the territory of the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve and the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes soon.