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.
05.08.2011
The 2nd of August is the day of Elijah the Prophet. It is the patron saint’s day for the area around Tsypino, so it was celebrated in the museum complex “Tsypino”.
A divine service was held in the church of St.Nil of Sora (the Ferapontov monastery) and then the parishioners made a cross procession to the church of Elijah the Prophet. They prayed there and then the water in the Iljinskoye Lake was sanctified. After that the festive gathering took place at the church. The local harmonists played accordions. The folklore ensemble from Vologda “Tradition” organized folk games and the local children took part in them. More than 100 people were at that festival.
