How did silk production develop? How silk was made in Georgia. The State Silk Museum.

The Silk Museum is one of the oldest museums in the country. It was founded by the "Caucasian Artisanal Committee" in a specially built building.

The museum has a very old collection of cocoons of silk producing countries in the world (5000 varieties and variations) and silk thread, knitting looms, fabrics and trinkets for home use, first factory fabrics (mostly French), photo materials related to silk production and various donations, a collection of exotic butterflies.

In 1887, the Silk Farming Station in the Caucasus and Silk Museum headed by Nikolai Shavrov, member of the Committee of the Moscow Imperial Agricultural Society, were established in Tbilisi. The important collections he brought from Europe served as a basis for the Silk Museum and the Silk Production Station in 1930, which included a museum and a library. In 1996 the building was declared a monument of historical significance. The museum itself is considered one of the oldest museums devoted to silk farming.