Museum

Museum of History and Ethnography

15 locals recommend

Tips from locals

Ksenia
September 17, 2021
one of the Best museum in Georgia
David
October 31, 2018
if local culture, history, icons, traditions athnografhy is intersting for you it is on of the most interesting museum in Europe, you can rent the Museum guide or examination yoursellf
Nariman
May 6, 2022
This place is located in 200 m from Mestia Eco Huts. The collection of icons is superb and the early some back to 5th century. old photographs, folks art and manuscripts dating back to 10 the century.
Mari
November 21, 2019
The museum was established in 1936 and initially housed a small collection but in 1948 it benefited from an expedition to Svaneti, headed by the famous Georgian art historian Giorgi Chubinashvili, that collected illuminated manuscripts, icons and other antiquities from the Svanetian population and from Svaneti churches. The material collected by the expedition forms the core of the museum’s collection.
The museum was established in 1936 and initially housed a small collection but in 1948 it benefited from an expedition to Svaneti, headed by the famous Georgian art historian Giorgi Chubinashvili, that collected illuminated manuscripts, icons and other antiquities from the Svanetian population and f…
Tengiz
November 15, 2019
Mestia Museum of History and Ethnography History of Region and Georgia
Location
Mestia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti