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.
11.09.2013
“Northern Niello” – exhibition of silver and lace
The exhibition “Northern Niello” has been open on the ground floor of the Refectory for several months. It presents silverware and lace articles made by modern craftsmen – participants of large international exhibitions.The art of niello formed in the town of Veliky Ustiug in the second half of the 17th century. Its secrets and traditions were handed down from one generation to another by certain masters. They created their unique style and ornaments. Their articles differ from the others made in other centres of niello silverwork.
Vologda lace that is also called frozen colours of northern winter is a peculiar phenomenon of the folk art in the Russian North. It dates back to 1820 when peasants made lace trimmings for dresses and linen in the landlords’ estates near Vologda. Vologda lace was given the highest awards for its unique beauty many times: the gold medal in Paris in 1925, the Grand Prix in Paris in 1937, the gold medal in Brussels in 1958. Lace articles of Vologda include panels, curtains, tablecloths that are still popular nowadays.
The exhibition “Northern Niello” will be open till October.
