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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22.12.2014

Museum employees visited psychoneurological hospital on threshold of New Year

The museum employees went to the psychoneurologic dispensary in Vognema to wish women living there a Happy New Year. M.N. Travnikova and N.V. Nevzorova acted as Father Frost and Snow Maiden.

This visit was planned beforehand. The museum staff participated in a special action gathering presents and sweets for the mental patients. Marina Nikolaevna and Natalya Vasilievna brought a “magic box” with various interesting games.

The event was held in the assembly hall of the hospital that was beautifully decorated for New Year’s Day. All festive traditions were carefully kept: congratulations of Father Frost and Snow Maiden, a circle dance around the New Year’s tree, songs, poems and gifts. The women were very glad to see the guests; they took pictures with the fairy characters, wished them a Happy New Year and thanked for the good spirits. All of them got presents. The museum employees didn’t forget about the mercy department all patients of which received sweet gifts.

This New Year’s performance became one more event held in the framework of the program “We are Together”. It has been implemented in the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve for many years.

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