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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04.03.2014

Employees of Museum of Town and District History treated young visitors to pancakes during Butter Week

The event titled “Visiting Maslenitsa” was held in the Museum of Town and District History on Saturday, March 1. Children and adults got a chance to join to the ancient tradition of seeing off winter. They were told that every day of the Butter Week had its own name and significance. The guests got acquainted with the history of Maslenitsa celebrations, learnt why people used to ride a horse during the Pancake Week, how they should slide correctly and how they could rightly cook and eat pancakes. They sang ancient songs inviting Maslenitsa. And it came with “merry-making, joy and various sweets”. The children took part in different Russian games and amusements where they displayed strength, intellect, and mother wit. The event was concluded with a tea party: the guests had tea from the samovar and tasted pancakes.

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