Ministry of Culture congratulates Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve on International Museum Day

May 18, 2016

Innumerable cultural values that make up the largest part of the national heritage of the country are focused in the museums of Russia. It is exactly museum treasures that help Russia to hold its position of the great cultural state.

You carry out a great mission preserving cultural heritage and educating our people. Your work, difficult and noble, is invaluable for Russia.

We wish you health, prosperity, happiness and success!

Y.A. Yevtukhin, acting director of the Department of Cultural Heritage

Tours in museum

Dear residents and guests of Kirillov, the Kirillo-Belozersky Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve invites you to take part in the tours.

May 21, 2016

The program:

At 11:00 – “Past and Present” – a tour to the northern parvis of the Assumption Cathedral with the unique frescoes of the 17th century and the Kazan Tower. They will be first open for visitors after restoration.

A ticket for one person costs 60 rubles.

At 13:00 – “Some Pages of History” – a walking tour, including the visits to the exhibition “Let’s Bow to Those Great Years” in the People’s House and the Museum of Town and District History.

A ticket for one person costs 80 rubles.

At 15:00 – “At Twilight of a Church” – an interactive tour to the Assumption Cathedral with flashlights. Visitors are strongly requested to bring flashlights with them!

A ticket for one person costs 40 rubles.

The meeting point is in the Kazan Tower (near the ticket office).

For further information, please, call: +7 (81757) 314-79 or +7 921 722 75 84.