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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23.08.2013

Tour operators of Moscow visited Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve

A meeting on the issues of cooperation of representatives of the tourist sphere in the Kirillov district and tour operators of Moscow and St. Petersburg was held in the conference hall of the museum on August 22. Alexander Yulin, first deputy head of the Kirillov District Administration, gave a detailed report about the state of tourist infrastructure in the district and opportunities of its further development. Ilya Smirnov, deputy director of the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve, told the guests of the Vologda region about the activity of the museum.

This event took place within the framework of the information tour organized by the Department of International, Interregional Ties and Tourism of the Vologda Oblast for representatives of the largest Russian tour operators. On the first day of the visit, the delegation held business meetings in the regional capital and then got acquainted with the tourist objects of Kirillov and its outskirts. Tours were conducted for the guests in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve and the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes.

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