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

04.12.2013

Museum director Mikhail Sharomazov is included in Council of Representatives of Russian Union of Museums

Museum director Mikhail Sharomazov Mikhail Sharomazov, director of the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve, participated in the general meeting of the members of the Russian Union of Museums. This annual event was held in St. Petersburg on December 1.

Issues connected with admission of new members to the Russian Union of Museums, reports about the work of the Presidium and the Checkup Committee in 2009-2013, election of the President of the Union were on the agenda this time. One of the main subjects was discussion of problems regarding development of Russian museums. Besides, members of the Council of Representatives of the Russian Union of Museums from the regions were appointed in the course of the event. Mikhail Sharomazov became a representative of the Vologda region in the council.

The general meeting took place on the threshold of a number of events held by the Russian Union of Museums within the framework of the International Cultural Forum “On the Way to Year of Culture”.

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