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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25.06.2014

Distinguished guests from Switzerland congratulated museum on its 90th anniversary

The delegation from Switzerland consisting of distinguished guests of the Second International Lace Festival “VITA LACE” came to the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve. It was headed by Ms. Ruth Scheidegger-Meier. She has been cooperating with the Vologda State Museum-Preserve for a long time. Last year Ms. Meier donated a collection of European lace and embroidery to the museum. She has also visited Kirillov several times.

L.N. Akimova, employee of the Department of Visitor Relations, conducted a tour for the guests. They visited the exposition in the House of the Father Superior and saw the collection of Old Russian painting of the 15^th – 17^th centuries. Icons and embroidered articles aroused much interest of the guests. They also made a video at the end of the visit in which they congratulated the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve on the 90^th anniversary and wished the staff further success.

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