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.
23.06.2015
Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve can be viewed through webcam
Along with virtual tours, webcams installed in the streets of different cities or on separate objects have become very popular with Internet users. And this is not surprising: it is always interesting to learn what is happening at a certain place at the moment.
To see the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve in the online mode is real now. It has become possible thanks to the webcam installed on the Bell-tower. Everybody who wants regardless of the time of day can witness what is happening in Cathedral Square and admire a panorama of the ensemble of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.
