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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26.06.2014

Conference “Ornament and Sacred Space” will be held this weekend

The scientific conference “Ornament and Sacred Space” will take place in the museum this weekend. Scholars, collectors and employees of different museums of Russia will participate in it. The event is organized by the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve and the Ferapontovo Society of Preservation and Study of the Russian Cultural Monuments.

The program of the conference consists of several parts. First participants will give reports in the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve. Then they will go to the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes to attend an opening ceremony of the exhibition “Ornament in Icon”. It will become the main subject of the round table discussion.

Reports will be also given by Y.V. Royzman and A.V. Ilyin. It is also planned to present the magazine “Antikvariat, Predmety Iskustva i Kollektsionirovaniya” (Issue № 4, 2014) about the 90^th anniversary of the foundation of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve.

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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)