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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10.02.2015

Schoolchildren opened Arkady Polyakov’s world

Pupils of the second form of the Kirillov secondary school came to the museum to see the exhibition of Vologda’s artist Arkady Polyakov “Opening the World”. L.M. Kharlapenkova, research officer of the Exposition and Exhibition Department, conducted a tour for them. She told the children about the painter, the genres he preferred, and peculiarities of the presented works. The pupils were pleased to answer different questions and were really interested in what they had seen.

Lyudmila Kharlapenkova shared her impressions at the end of the event, “The second-form boys and girls are rather knowledgeable. They easily distinguish genres and discuss what is depicted in the picture. I liked it”.

The exhibition “Opening the World” will be open in the conference hall of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve till late February. You can see it from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. Admission is free.

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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)