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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28.03.2014

Museum employees participated in local history conference

The interdistrict local history conference “Spiritual, Cultural and Historical Peculiarities of Our Region” has been held in the Children’s library of Kirillov today. This event was timed to the Day of Cultural Worker in Russia celebrated this week.

The museum employees took part in the conference. Deputy director Ilya Smirnov presented a review of sources about the history of the First World War kept in the Archive and Manuscript Section of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve. Research officer A.N. Kalikina told about local history activity of the museums - one of the factors of spiritual development of the region. L.I. Glysina gave a report about the history of the religious procession with the miracle-working icon of the Virgin Hodegetria in the Kirillov district.

Participants of the conference exchanged opinions and useful information. Students of the Vologda Regional Training School of Culture attended the event along with employees of the museum and libraries.

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