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.
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Visitors can get information about hotels and cafes in Tourist Information Centre
The Tourist Information Centre located in the one of the rooms of the walls in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve is open every day, except Monday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The centre is situated in two rooms in fact. People get all necessary information and see articles of local craftsmen in one of them. The photo display of the National Park “Russia North” is housed in another room. Its goal is to present the flora and the fauna of the Kirillov district.
According to Ekaterina, employee of the centre, tourists often come and ask various questions about hotels, cafes, restaurants, location of architectural monuments and exhibitions of the museum.
