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.
23.07.2013
71 tourist groups visited the museum on July 22, 2013
July 22 was one of the busiest days of the tourist season. 71 groups of guests from 11 motor ships visited the museum on that day. They came from England, Germany, France, and Russia. But you could also meet tourists from Holland, Denmark, Turkey, China, Poland, Italy and Spain on the museum grounds. Almost one half of the tours was conducted by museum employees in foreign languages. Mainly, the guests saw the exhibitions presented in the House of the Father Superior and in the Treasury Chamber. Besides, tours were also conducted for unscheduled groups of visitors. In all, almost 2 thousand people visited the museum on that day.
