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.

News

30.09.2013

Whole family goes to the museum!

The Family Day was organized in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve on the last Sunday of the month – on September 29. The families of Kirillov - children, parents and grandparents – came to the museum. They visited the Cook-house where a theatricalized tour of the exhibition “Kind Dolls. Old Fairy Tales” was conducted for them. Then People’s Artist of Russia Marina Vasilieva invited local residents to take part in a master-class in pottery. It is notable that not only children, but also adults wanted to act as real ceramists. Visitors worked on a potter’s wheel in turn. Their handmade articles would become souvenirs about this visit.

The next Family Day that is held within the framework of the program “The Whole Family Goes to the Museum” is scheduled for October 27. Children (under 18), students of higher education institutions and large families can visit expositions and exhibitions free of charge.

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