Georgian National Museum

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The Georgian National Museum (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული მუზეუმი, romanized: sakartvelos erovnuli muzeumi) unifies several leading museums in Georgia. 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.^[1]

The Georgian National Museum integrates the management of the following museums:

Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi
Samtskhe-Javakheti History Museum, Akhaltsikhe
Open Air Museum of Ethnography, Tbilisi
Art Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi, and its branches
Museum of the Soviet Occupation, Tbilisi
Dmanisi Museum-Reserve of History and Archaeology, Dmanisi
Vani Museum-Reserve of Archaeology, Vani
Museum of History of Tbilisi, Tbilisi
Museum of History and Ethnography of Svaneti, Mestia
Institute of Palaeobiology, Tbilisi^[2]^[3]
Sighnaghi Museum, Sighnaghi
Bolnisi Museum, Bolnisi^[4]

References

^ Georgian National Museum: about Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on December 16, 2007
^ Manuvera (2014-09-09). "The Last Iranian Tiger in Georgia". kavehfarrokh.com. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
^ Farrokh, K. (2015-03-21). "Turan Tiger Hunted in Central Asia in the 1930s". kavehfarrokh.com. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
^ "Bolnisi Museum is open!". National Museum Website. Retrieved 31 May 2022.