The Georgian National Museum ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული მუზეუმი, tr) unifies several leading
museums
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
in
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
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.
The museum was established within the framework of structural, institutional, and legal reforms aimed at modernizing the management of the institutions united within this network, and at coordinating research and educational activities. Since its formation on December 30, 2004, the Museum has been directed by professor
David Lordkipanidze.
The Georgian National Museum integrates the management of the following museums:
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Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia
The Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia ( ka, სიმონ ჯანაშიას სახელობის საქართველოს მუზეუმი), formerly known as the State Museum of History of Georgia, is one of the main ...
,
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
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Samtskhe-Javakheti History Museum,
Akhaltsikhe
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Open Air Museum of Ethnography, Tbilisi
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Art Museum of Georgia
The Art Museum of Georgia (AMG) ( ka, საქართველოს ხელოვნების მუზეუმი, ''sak'art'velos khelovnebis muzeumi''), alternatively known as Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts, is one of the l ...
, Tbilisi, and its branches
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Museum of the Soviet Occupation, Tbilisi
*Dmanisi Museum-Reserve of History and Archaeology,
Dmanisi
Dmanisi ( ka, დმანისი, tr, , az, Başkeçid) is a town and archaeological site in the Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia approximately 93 km southwest of the nation’s capital Tbilisi in the river valley of Mashavera. The hominin ...
*Vani Museum-Reserve of Archaeology,
Vani
Vani ( ka, ვანი) is a town in Imereti region of a western Georgia, at the Sulori river (a tributary of the Rioni river), 41 km southwest from the regional capital Kutaisi. The town with the population of 3,744 (2014) is an administr ...
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Museum of History of Tbilisi, Tbilisi
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Museum of History and Ethnography of Svaneti, Mestia
*Leo Davitashvili Institute of Palaeobiology, Institute of Palaeobiology, Tbilisi
*Sighnaghi Museum, Sighnaghi
*Bolnisi Museum, in Bolnisi
See also
*List of museums in Tbilisi
*List of museums in Georgia (country), List of museums in Georgia
References
Museums in Georgia Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport. Retrieved on December 16, 2007.
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Museums established in 2004
National museums
Museums in Tbilisi
Art museums and galleries in Georgia (country)
2004 establishments in Georgia (country)