Georgian National Museum

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The Georgian National Museum (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული მუზეუმი, sak'art'velos erovnuli muzeumi) is a museum network in Georgia that brings together several leading museums from various parts of the country. It was founded on December 30, 2004, to integrate 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 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
• Sighnaghi Museum, Sighnaghi

The Georgian National 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 foundation, the Museum has been directed by Professor David Lordkipanidze.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of museums in Tbilisi
• List of museums in Georgia (country)

[edit] References

• Museums in Georgia. Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport. Retrieved on December 16, 2007.