- Sighnaghi museum of local history and ethnography
Signagi Museum was established in 2007. It is the first high standard museum in Georgia.Signagi Museum exhibits Archeology, Ethnography and Medieval expositions. The first archeological digs in Georgia are affiliated with the Caucasus Museum founded in 1852. Intensive archeological activities started in Kakheti in the 60-ies of the 20th c. Majority of the unearthed items such as household and cultic articles ranging in time from the Stone Age to the 1st c. BC, are now displayed at the Signagi Museum. Signagi Museum features diverse ethnographic material: musical instruments, weapons, vestments and items reflecting the lifestyle of this town. Medieval exposition features samples of the 4th-18th cc. city life from the settlements of eastern Iberia such as Beri, Rustavi, Khoranta, Nekresi, Khornabuji, Gavazi, Areshi, Gremi, and Bazari.Special place at the Medieval exposition is granted to archeological finds from David Gareja monastic complex. Signagi Museum exhibits 16 paintings by Niko Pirosmanashvili. Pirosmani was born in Kakheti's village of Mirzaani, therefore early period of his artistic career is affiliated with Kakheti. Opening hours: Everyday, except Monday, 10.00 - 17.00 Tel: (+995 355) 3 24 48, 3 28 62, (+995 032) 2 998 022 Address: 1, King Tamar str., Signagi - Vano Sarajishvili Memory Museum
The museum houses memorial objects connected with life and work of Georgian opera singer Vano Sarajishvili (1879-1924), ethnographical materials, antiquity vessels, samples of fine art (painting, graphic works, sculpture) and craft, various publications about singer, play's costume, posters, records with opera parties of singer, photos about Vano Sarajishvili's plays in Georgian Opera and La-Skala (Italy), compact-discs etc.
Opening hours:Everyday, except Sunday and Monday, 10.00 - 17.00 Tel: (+995) 555 10 71 31 Address: 8, Vano Sarajishvili Street, Signaghi - Niko Pirosmani House-Museum
Niko Pirosmani House-Museum (Nikolai Aslanovich Pirosmanashvili) was founded in the village of Mirzaani near Sighnaghi in 1960. The memorial Museum is located in the house of the famous Georgian and Russian primitive artist Niko Pirosmani. In the halls exhibited his original work, a portrait of the artist by Pablo Picasso, Pirosmani photos and his contemporaries. In the Central hall - about 13 paintings Pirosmani average fame. There are two portraits of Queen Tamara, a portrait of Shota Rustaveli, a bear, “Scratches” and something else; presumably from the early period. Opening hours: Everyday, except Monday, 10.00 - 17.00 Tel: (+995 590) 880 123 Address: Marzaani village near Sighnaghi
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