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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27.08.2014

Museum editions of different years at one exhibition

The exhibition “Museum and Time” marking the 90^th anniversary of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve was opened in the Scientific Library. Books published in different years are displayed on the shelves: all issues of the local history almanac “Kirillov”, guidebooks of the architectural monuments, numerous catalogues of temporary and permanent exhibitions, photo albums, booklets, subject collections of the Kirillov Readings.

You can also see literature about the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes there: guidebooks, catalogues, booklets, the Ferapontovo collections containing research papers of the employees, materials of the conference “Ferapontovo Readings”.

Besides, there are books about Russian saints – founders of the cloisters SS. Kirill and Ferapont, St. Martinian, Father Superior of the Ferapontov Monastery and the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, and the famous icon-painter Dionisy.

The Scientific Library was founded in the museum in 1987. Almost 20 thousand books on history, archeology, religion, art and local history are kept in its holding. It is replenished, first of all, with scientific literature every year. All museum employees, teachers and students of the Vologda Regional Training School of Culture, teachers and pupils of the schools in Kirillov and the Kirillov district who study local history, scholars and research officers coming from other cities and towns use this library.

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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)