The Ozurgeti History Museum is a historical-ethnographic museum located in

Ozurgeti Ozurgeti ( ka, ოზურგეთი ) is the capital of the western Georgian province of Guria. It was formerly known as Macharadze or Makharadze (named in honor of Filipp Makharadze). It is a regional center of tea and hazelnut processing. Oz ...

. It is the biggest museum in the

Guria Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region (''mkhare'') in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 113,000 (2016), with Ozurgeti as the regional capital. Geography ...

region.

History

The museum was founded on 1 April 1936. Its first director was Nicholas Samsonia. In the years 1974-91 museum was situated in Gurieli Palace building (today bishop residency).

Exhibition

The museum hosts collections from Neolithic Age, unique examples of Early, Middle and Late Bronze Age Colkhian culture, burial ground stocks from Iron Age, ancient silver and golden items, numismatic (golden coin of

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, Colkhian silver coins, Turkish coins, unique European silver coins), ethnographic (19th century working and living objects, fine art), archival books of historical value. Nowadays museum collections consists of more than 6000 exhibits, dated from the 9th millennium BC until today, including

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`s rapier. Museum is open daily 10:00-18:00. Entry is free.

Structure

In 2007 museum was established by the local self-government as the non-commercial legal entity. Currently it has three branches - Ethnographic Museum in Dvabzu, Memorial Museum in

Gurianta Gurianta ( ka, გურიანთა) is a village in the Ozurgeti Municipality of Guria in western Georgia.Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკ� ...

and

Ekvtime Takaishvili Ekvtime Takaishvili (also spelled Taqaishvili) () (January 5, 1862 – February 21, 1953) was a Georgian historian, archaeologist and public benefactor. Born in the village of Likhauri in the western Georgian province of Guria to a local noblema ...

Archaeological Museum in Likhauri.

External links

Ozurgeti History Museum
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