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.
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.
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.
05.05.2014
Tourists travelling on motorship “Georgy Chicherin” opened summer season in Kirillov
First tourist groups travelling by ship have visited the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve today. They had a walking tour and then could go to see museum expositions and exhibitions.
The Russian tourists are travelling on the four-decked ship “Georgy Chicherin” from Moscow to St. Petersburg. The river ship will stop in different regions of Russia during the week. Today it has landed at Goritsy. The bus transfer to Kirillov has been organized for the guests. People travelling along the Volga-Baltic Sea Waterway by ship have been visiting the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve for almost 50 years. There are both Russian and foreign tourists among them. The number of foreigners increases every year.
