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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25.07.2014

First Secretary of Embassy of India in Russia Rajesh Bansal visited museum

Mr. Rajesh Bansal, First Secretary of Embassy of India in Russia, paid an unofficial visit to the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve. The guest and his family saw the exhibitions in the House of the Father Superior and the Refectory and had a walking tour of the monastery ground.

Mr. Rajesh Bansal shared his impressions: “It was very pleasant for me to go to see this exceptional place. I visited many museums in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but I was just amazed at the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve. It is a great piece of luck that I got a chance to come here and to see the unique icons and architecture”.

The guests made a souvenir of the visit themselves – they created an engraving with the view of the monastery with the help of the hand-press.

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