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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.

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09.06.2012

One can see pictorial and graphic works painted by children at the age of 6-8 in the studio, the exhibition and in the open air. The subjects of pictures are associated with the specificity of museum and the general history of art. The main aim of the fine arts studio for children is to develop performance skills of drawing and to form an artistic taste. The museum of Dionisy’s frescoes forms a cultural and educational community and a new museum audience. Children came to the opening of their first exhibition with their parents and relatives. The museum prepared the booklet in which each participant found his picture and his photo. The exhibition is in the hall of the museum. It presents pictures painted by Sonya Anokhina, Nastya Doronicheva, Natasha Nikolaeva, Sasha Orekhova, Semen Orekhov, Sveta Trubnikova, Egor Trubnikov, Karina Borodulina, Sonya Parshukova, Darina Chaschina, Kolya Belov, Lisa Egirova and Ilya Ivanov.