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.

News

12.05.2015

Conference about Our Lady of Kazan will be held in June

The Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve and the Ferapontovo Society of Preservation and Study of the Russian Cultural Monuments plan to hold a scientific conference from June 26 to 28, 2015. Its subject is “The Image of Our Lady of Kazan in Icon Painting and Decorative and Applied Arts”.

Participants of the event will discuss the following issues:

1. The image of Our Lady of Kazan in icon painting, cast cooper icons, book culture and church embroidery.

2. The history of the icon veneration, traditions and rites.

3. The churches of Our Lady of Kazan: history of their construction and architecture.

The exhibition titled “The Image of Our Lady of Kazan in Icon Painting” will be opened in the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes on June 27. Besides, it is planned to organize a round table discussion on this subject.

We invite everybody who wants to take part in the conference and ask you to send your applications to the museum, specifying the topic of your report.

Our address is: Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve, Kirillov, Vologda region, 161100.

Contact telephone: +7 (817-57) 3-29-61 (Ilya Alekseevich Smirnov)

Fax: +7 (817-57) 3-17-35

Е-mail: kir-museum@mail.ru

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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)