A look at antiquities in Georgia. Chiatura Local History Museum.
The Chiatura Museum of Local Lore keeps more than thirteen thousand exhibits of the most varied kinds. The bronze axes, spearheads, pins, beads, which date back to the third millennium B.C., are especially noteworthy. You can also see samples of painting and applied art of local masters.
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Chiatura Local History Museum is located in the building of the cultural center of Chiatura.
The museum contains more than 13000 exhibits, among which should be emphasized the bronze axes, spearheads, pins, beads, and numismatic and ethnographic materials: paintings and samples of applied art of local artists and masters, photographic materials, various documents discovered during archaeological excavations in Chiatura territory and dated by the III millennium B.C.
The materials reflecting the discovery of manganese and its production development are noteworthy. Chiatura manganese was first discovered in 1846 by German Hermann Abich, nicknamed "Father of geology of the Caucasus". In 1879 Akaki Tsereteli headed the business of industrial extraction of manganese. In 1928, after the cancellation of "Harriman concession", Chiatura Manganese Trust was created. In 1895 the first narrow-gauge railroad went into operation in Chiatura, and in 1900 - the first freight ropeway.
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