Exhibition "St. Nicholas Cathedral. 1113. Research. Restoration"

About exhibition

The exhibition is located on the first floor of the western annex of St. Nicholas Cathedral, in the part that contains the church's ancient frescoes: fragments of the compositions "Job on the Dunghill" and "The Last Judgment", as well as the reconstructed lower part of a stone spiral staircase from the second half of the 12th century. The exhibition includes materials from the research and restoration of the Nikolo-Dvorishchensky Cathedral, construction and decorative materials, as well as photographs, documents and personal belongings of the architects and archaeologists who studied the monument. Nikolo-Dvorishchensky Cathedral, founded in 1113 and soon afterwards painted, is an outstanding monument of pre‑Mongol Old Russian art. Over its 900‑year history the church has undergone numerous renovations and repairs that have significantly altered its original appearance. Substantial changes to the appearance of the ancient cathedral were introduced in the first third of the 19th century, when western and northern annexes were added and a new interior painting was executed.