- Historical museum of Telavi
The museum complex includes memorial palace of the Kakheti king Erekle II (built in 1884-86), court church, re_parents of philosophy school, bath and tunnel built by Erekle II, also Ketevan Iashvili Art Gallery. The museum houses king Erekle's belongings and along with them: numismatic collection, early medieval sarcophagus, late medieval armor, and collections of XVII-XIX c.c. cooper household objects, weapons, Khevsuretian (East Georgian mountainous region) clothes. The Art Gallery houses the private collection (187 items) of Ketevan Iashvili donated by her to the museum. The collection includes works of XIX c. Dach, French, German, Russian (Aivazovski, Kramskoi and other artists) painters, also works of Georgian artists (E.Akhvlediani, L.Gudiashvili, J.Khutsishvili, etc.).
Opening hours: Everyday, except Monday, 10.00 - 18.00 Tel: (+995 350) 23 00 54, (+995 350) 27 21 59, (+995 350) 27 31 59 Address: 1, Erekle II str., Telavi - Alexander Chavchavadze House Museum in Tsinandali
The museum is located in the palace of the well-known Georgian poet, where one can see objects representing both the poet's life and creative work, and his epoque: epistolary and iconography archive, XIX c. editions on various subjects in French, German, English, Polish, Armenian languages, XVIII c. manuscripts, works of photographer Ermakov, samples of painting and lithography, XVII-XIX c.c. Georgian, Russian, French furniture, other household objects, crockery (Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Georgian, Russian), musical instruments; Alexander Chavchavadze in 1830 laid out a decorative park which at the moment occupies 12 hectare land. There are different plants - medical, technical, etc. as well as exotic ones from China, Japan, Mediterranean, America, etc. In 1835 there was built one of the first in Georgia wine cellar, where are kept unique collection of wine from many countries (20.000 bottles). Opening hours: Mon-Thu 10.00 – 18.00, Fri-Sun 10.00 – 19.00 Tel: (+995 350) 23 37 17 Address: Tsinandali village, Georgia
Brothers, Gia and Gela Gamtkitsulashvili founded a unique museum of ''Qvevri and Qvevri Wine'' in 2014. The complex of the museum consists of 8 meters long pitcher statue and several halls, where the whole process of producing pitchers and making pitcher wine is described. The 15 years collection of wine from “Twins’ winery“, various archival photos and information about the species of Georgian grapes, pitchers, winepress of cellar are represented in the museum of pitcher and pitcher wine. The most important part of museum are 3 pitchers with volume of 500 liters, cut in the size of 1/3, which are covered with glass. So, a visitor has the ability to watch the whole process of making wine: pressing, boiling, natural filtration, taking wine and pressed skins and so on.
Opening hours: everyday 09.00 - 22.00. Address: Napareuli village, Kakheti, Georgia Website: www.cellar.ge/ru/museum | |
