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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07.11.2014

Exhibition about First World War was opened in Museum of Town and District History

The display marking the centenary of the First World War has been opened in the Museum of Town and District History today, on November 7. It is about local residents who participated in the war that started in 1914. Teachers of history and social sciences of the district schools attended the opening ceremony. An educational seminar was specially organized for them in the museum.

Research officer M.K. Ivanova conducted an interesting tour for them on behalf of the daughter of the district doctor J.Y. Nodelman who used to live there. L.V. Terebova, head of the Scientific Department, told about the new exhibition. Every participant of the event was given a booklet containing information about the Full Cavaliers of the Cross of St. George – natives of the Kirillov district. Museum guide A.V. Tsvetkov read the lecture on the reconstruction of the Canal of Duke Alexander of Württemberg during the First World War. Besides, the teachers could see books from the scientific library of the museum about the discussed issues.

I.V. Romanova, head of the association of teachers of history and social sciences, expressed her opinion about the seminar organization. She recommended her colleagues to use the potential of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve for the work with pupils and told them the documents of the RF Ministry of Education and Science connected with the State Unified Exam and the Main State Exam.

The exhibition in the Museum of Town and District History will be open till the middle of December. You can download the booklet about the Full Cavaliers of the Cross of St. George here.

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