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.
30.09.2014
Secrets of photography will be revealed to pupils of Ferapontovo
Lectures and master-classes about history of photography, photo equipment and methods of photography have been resumed in the new school year. They are organized by employees of the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes for senior pupils of the Ferapontovo secondary school. Children learn about the history and development of photography, various kinds and main principles of it, study modern photo equipment and its use.
During the master-class, senior pupils participate in the process of photographing works of art and frescoes and try to take a macrophotograph themselves. This course of lectures is directed to attract children to the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes to get acquainted with the museum work and to popularize photo art.
