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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.

News

30.06.2015

The Institute of Development Strategy of Education in the Russian Academy of Education and the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes signed a cooperation agreement. This document has several goals:

- improvement of scientific, teaching, training and organizational provision of additional education of children and extracurricular activity of pupils;

- introduction of the results of fundamental and applied researches of the institute in teaching practice;

- advanced training and organization of trainings for teachers within the framework of the scientific and educational program “School of Dionisy”.

The projects will be implemented on a specially established innovation ground. It was named “School of Dionisy” like the museum program. It is planned to hold joint research and practice lessons, to widespread information about some joint projects, to promote publication of scientific materials according to the results of the innovation ground work.