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.

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28.01.2014

“Travelling Museum” in Goritsy

On January 24, the museum employees went to the elementary school and the kindergarten of the Goritsy village located in the Kirillov district. Anna Kalikina held the event titled “Fairy tales of the old house” for preschool children. Natalya Petrova told first-formers about the folk doll. Thanks to Tatiana Usova and Lyubov Akimova, pupils of the second and third forms learnt what felting was and how to make traditional Russian footwear – felt boots. Fourth-form boys and girls were told a lot about the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery and the culture of Japan by Anna Repina and Tatiana Trubnikova. The employees of the Exposition and Exhibition Department and the Department of Visitor Relations gave seven lectures and delivered four master-classes in Goristy.

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