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.

News

30.07.2013

Mikhail Matveev’s exhibition “Graphic Arts” is due to be opened on August 3

A new exhibition staged in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve will be opened in the conference hall on August 3 at 15:00.

St. Petersburg’s artist Mikhail Matveev was born in Kirillov, therefore it is not surprising that he often turns to the subject of his small Motherland in his works. The Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, the Ferapontov Monastery, the Goritsy Convent of the Resurrection, church ensembles of St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Murom, Suzdal and Rostov the Great can be seen in his pictures. The artist often travels not only in Russia, but also abroad. Drawings with the views of European cities – Venice, Stockholm, Tallinn, Lvov, and Copenhagen will be displayed at the exhibition.

It will be open till September 30. You can get information about opening hours by telephone: +7 (81757) 3-14-79.

MIKHAIL ALEXANDROVICH MATVEEV

He was born in Kirillov of the Vologda region in 1966. He left the school № 26 and the art school in Cherepovets in 1983. Then he studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (St. Petersburg) and graduated from it in 1992.

His one-man exhibitions:

2006 – in the Nabokov Museum in St. Petersburg.

2007 – in the Kirillo-Belozersky Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve

2008 – in the Museum Association of the Ministry of Culture of the RF, Cherepovets.

2010 – in the Exhibition Centre of the Rizzordi Art Foundation, St. Petersburg.

Mikhail Matveev lives and works in St. Petersburg.

His pseudonym is M. Bloc

Blocm@yandex.ru

Works of Mikhail Matveev

Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. Povarennaya Tower. 2008

Ferapontov Monastery. Holy Gate. 2011

Goritsy Convent of the Resurrection. 2008

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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)