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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16.03.2015

Director and documentarian Sergey Golovetsky will meet with residents of Kirillov

The Fourth Easter Festival “Low Sunday” will be held in the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve from April 12 to 22. Various cultural events will be prepared for residents and guests of Kirillov during these days.

For example, they will be able to meet with Sergey Golovetsky, famous director of documentary films, in the conference hall of the museum on April 15. His movies received over a dozen of prizes at international television festivals and were nominated many times for TEFI, the annual award given in the Russian television industry. In Kirillov, Sergey Golovetsky will present two works – “The Secret of June 22” and “Vladimir Vysotsky. Uninterrupted Flight”.

A new hypothesis about the causes of the Great Patriotic War is offered in the first film. The second one is about Vladimir Vysotsky, Soviet poet, actor and singer-songwriter.

The detailed program of the festival will be posted on the website of the museum in the coming days.

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