I went there with my boyfriend to see exhibition and AC was not working. We almost fainted. At registry they dont give you any information about museum or sections they have. Its very beutiful and interesting place, but needs more attention from Mayor!!!
Spent an hour walking through the Georgian National Museum - the displays of ancient gold artifacts from the archeological digs in Georgia are impressive and worth checking out. Also a good display of the Russian occupation of Georgia during Soviet times.
I overall liked the museum, especially the older parts of it. I liked the varied and interesting displays, the collections are thoughtful and well put together. The museum has been reorganized recently, the third storey being devoted to the Russian occupation, the topic presented in a different, more emotional way to the rest of the displays.
It is has lots of beautiful things and interesting history to tell, but I missed more information in English. I found the part which told about the Soviet period in Georgia on the top floor most interesting.
Many museums make up the Kartveli/Georgian National Museum system. Visit them all and win a prize. Magaria!
You can not help but be struck by the airy clean spaces in this museum, which is the backdrop for the archeology, history, culture, and the artifacts. Wonderful. Of course the gold and silver is a dazzling highpoint. And especially a lot of thought went into the Soviet Occupation exhibit on the top floor. Isn't it odd, how wrong it all went? Most everyone knows that Stalin was a Georgian, began his political life of revolution here, robbing banks and printing inflammatory pamphlets. And even while he was oppressing the people and country, he maintained a sentimental connection with them,in the abstract. He frequented his summer home in Georgia, maintaining contacts until he died with a few comrades from the old days. Well,at least the ones who didn't know his secrets,because those he pretty much had already had executed.
It is a nice Museum and offeres free entry for students :) You can see a lot of Georgian culture but also learnabout the Egyptian and Chinese culture.
I could spend a long time in this place. The one piece of advice I have is spend some time listening to the guide before you hire them. I have been there twice and the first time the woman who was my guide had a passion for the subject and I learned quite a lot. The second time , I might as well have just read the cards beside the displays. That having been said , the archeological treasures of Gold and Silver that are displayed are amazing and they are arranged so that you can learn a great deal about what they mean what they tell us about the societies that created them , what they contributes tend to us and how they related to the greater World around them.
Fascinating museum, the Treasury show has incredible artefacts found during digs. The Occupation exhibition is beautifully put together.
From the fascinating and very well curated exhibitions of Georgia's ancient past to the gallery that examines the Soviet occupation (1921/91), this is a terrific museum, and fine explanation of this fascinating country