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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23.12.2013

Works of teachers of Children’s Art Centre are presented at new museum exhibition

The exhibition “Creative Work + Skill” presenting articles made by the teachers of the Children’s Art Centre was opened in the Guard-rooms of the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve yesterday. It marks the 95^th anniversary of the additional education system in Russia. Yulia Lebedeva, head of the Exposition and Exhibition Department, congratulated the teachers on behalf of the museum staff, gave them a congratulatory address and a set of books for their educational institution.

The Children’s Art Centre in Kirillov was founded in 1936 (it was called the House of Pioneers and Pupils till 1992). 13 teachers of additional education work under the authority of director Marina Trubnikova. Almost 500 children aged 3 to 18, who live in the town and the district, attend different groups of the centre every year. They are taught according to 29 educational programs of artistic and aesthetic, social and pedagogic, scientific and technical, sports, tourist and regional directions.

The new exhibition will be open till late January 2014. Visitors can see works of eight teachers: Nina Kuznetsova, Zhanna Ryabkova, Marina Pogorelskaya, Svetlana Zaytseva, Olesya Krupennikova, and Galina Toropova.

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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)