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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.
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.
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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04.03.2015

The seminar for the members of the Presidium of the Women’s District Council and primary organizations of the Kirillov municipal district took place in the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve yesterday, on March 3, on the threshold of the Women’s Day celebrated on March 8.

Ilya Smirnov, deputy director of the museum and chairman of the Kirillov Deputies’ Council, greeted the women who gathered in the conference hall. He congratulated them on the forthcoming holiday underlining their significant role in the modern society. A concert titled “Love, Spring and Music” was given within the framework of the event. It was prepared by the employees of the District Cultural Centre and timed to the International Women’s Day.

Primary organizations of the female councils from five rural settlements of the Kirillov district – Talitsy, Goritsy, Nikolsky Torzhok, Ferapontovo and Lipovskoye – participated in the seminar. Their representatives discussed the main directions of work of the Women’s District Council in 2015.

Besides, they saw Arkady Polyakov’s exhibition “Opening the World” and joined in the lesson conducted by the employees of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve. The women enjoyed making a snow-white angel using beads, a mascot doll and flowers of multi-coloured paper. The event was concluded with a tea party.