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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28.10.2014

Photos of icons from museum holdings are exhibited in Liechtenstein

The exhibition titled “Der Heilige Nikolaus - Geheimnisvolles, Erdichtetes und Wahres (St. Nicholas – Mystery, Fiction, Truth)” was opened in the National Museum of Liechtenstein the other day. It presents reproductions of icons and other depictions of St. Nicholas from the holdings of the largest museums of the region – the Vologda and the Veliky Ustiug Museum-Preserves, the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve, the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes and the Totma Museum Association.

This display is being staged in Vaduz, the capital of this European country. It is one of the official events marking the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Liechtenstein. Members of the Liechtenstein Government, representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, employees of the Russian Embassy in Switzerland, Russian countrymen living in Liechtenstein attended the opening ceremony.

Close cooperation of the National Museum of Liechtenstein and the Department of Culture, Tourism and Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Vologda region began in summer 2014 when the stamps of Liechtenstein were displayed in the Modern Art Gallery “Red Bridge” in Vologda. Konstantin Nefedov, Consul of the Russian Federation in Switzerland, and Rainer Vollkommer, director of the National Museum of Liechtenstein, came to Kirillov and Ferapontovo in August 2014. During the visit, they agreed on the participation of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve in the project about St. Nicholas.

Then the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve and the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes gave four photographs of the icons painted in the 15^th-16^th centuries and a photo of the fresco in the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral to the National Museum of Liechtenstein.

The photos of the icons from the holdings of the museums in the Vologda region were included in the catalogue “St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker. Life of St. Nicholas” in German and in the booklet “St. Nicholas – Mystery, Fiction, Truth” in Russian and German. They were published by the National Museum of Liechtenstein on the occasion of the exhibition opening. People will be able to see this display till January 11, 2015.

According to the materials of the official portal of the Vologda Oblast Government

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