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.
25.07.2012
Family Day was carried out in the museum on June 24
The opening of the exhibition of children’s pictures submitted for the contest titled “How the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery sustained the Polish and Lithuanian siege” was held in the guard-rooms. Educational films about the Space and subsea world were shown in the domical theater in the New Town.
Dear guests, direct attention to that the museum carries out entertainments oriented to work with families every last Sunday of a month. Children under 18 years of age and large families can visit expositions and exhibitions free of charge. We invite you to the museum!
