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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27.08.2013

Icon were brought back to Kirillov

Two icons from the collection of the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve that had been presented at one of the exhibitions in the Moscow Kremlin Museums were retuned to Kirillov.

It is worth reminding that the above-mentioned display was opened in the One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch’s Palace in late March and was about the reign of Grand Prince of all Rus Ivan III. Over 40 thousand people have visited it.

Soon the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve will take part in one more exhibition organized by the Vologda State Museum-Preserve. It will be held within the framework of the project titled “Folk Pictures are the View of Motherland” – the winner of the 9^th grant competition “Changing Museum in a Changing World”. Opening of the new display is scheduled for September. It will take place in the South-Western tower of the Vologda Kremlin. Visitors will be able to see folk pictures from the collections of seven museums of the Vologda region, including 12 engravings from the collection of the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve.

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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)