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.
23.04.2015
Family Day is scheduled for April 26
The next Family Day will be held in the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve on Sunday. Children (under 18), students and large families can visit all expositions and exhibitions free of charge.
We also invite you to the master-class in quilling “Architectural fantasy”. It will begin in the Guard-rooms of the museum at 12:00. A ticket costs 20 rubles.
Quilling or paper filigree originated in Mediterranean Europe at the turn of the 14th-15 centuries. Monks are considered to be its creators. Quilling came into fashion in Europe several times during its history. In the 19th century, it was almost the only art that great ladies practiced. Paper filigree has become popular in Russia recently, but many people already like it.
