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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01.05.2014

Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve was presented at interregional exhibition “Gates to the North”

Employees of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve took part in the 13^thInterregional Exhibition of Tourist Service and Hospitality Technologies “Gates to the North”. The record number of participants - over 200 exhibitors from 11 regions of Russia and all districts of the Vologda region – were registered at this year’s event.

Information about the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve was placed on the stand of the Kirillov district. Representatives of the Department of Tourism and Folk Crafts of the Kirillov district, the historical and ethnographic complex “Sugoriye” and the tourist centre “Layturi” also joined in the exhibition.

The museum advertised widely its forthcoming events: the All-Russian action “Night at the Museum”, the annual festival “Illusions of Old Village” and the festival of historical reenactment “Kirillo-Belozersky Siege”.

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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)