Forty items, including seven 17th-century icons, return to the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum

Forty historic objects have returned to the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve after restoration. Among them are 7 icons of the seventeenth century from the monasteries of the Russian North: Ferapontov, Kirillo-Belozersky and the Nilo-Sorsky Hermitage, restored by specialists of the Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Humanitarian University (PSTGU).

The Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve is developing open storage facilities and creating new permanent displays. To this end, more and more museum objects are restored with every year. Last year alone, the museum received more than three thousand historic items. The work of preserving the cultural heritage of the Russian North is gathering pace.

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