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.
25.03.2009
Two seminars were organized in the museum.
Two seminars were organized in the museum. The first one was for the methodical association of teachers of the subject Sources. Its theme was «Theoretical thoughts in paints». The participants listened to the reports of scientific workers of the museum about the icons with the images of the Virgin and the Savior.
The heads of the school museums and the museums working on the base of the Houses of culture were invited for the second seminar. Its theme was «Some problems of the organization of work of the museums and museum rooms». All presents listened to the reports about the work of the museum and principles of exhibiting documentary, photo materials and others.
