Svaneti Museum in Mestia: History, Ethnography and Crafts

The sights of Georgia captivate with their beauty and historical value. Here you can visit many ancient museums, temples, fortresses and monasteries. One of them is Svaneti historical and ethnographic museum. Svaneti Historical - Ethnographic Museum is included in the list of "the most beautiful places of Georgia.

The museum was built and opened in 1936, in Mestia. Only here you can get acquainted with the ethnocultural heritage of Georgia and learn almost all the handicrafts and its branches. Acquaintance with the museum begins with the ancient chronology, after which the museum shows numismatic cabinet.

Svaneti museum holds such treasures as, Christian heritage, printed books of different eras, theological and secular manuscripts. The exhibition hall allows local temporary exhibitions to show and tell their treasures.

There are also materials obtained by archaeologists as a result of excavations, including one-of-a-kind Georgian art, ritual objects, manuscripts and many icons (the Savior, icons with the image of Christ, Saint George, the Forty Martyrs, icons of the Crucifixion, the Mother of God, pictorial icons).

Military equipment, jewelry made of silver, gold and iron are very popular. Historical jewelry, tableware, and textile samples are also of interest. If you are thinking about what to see in Georgia, then include the Svaneti Historical and Ethnographic Museum in your list.

In no other museum, you will not be able to feel the history and atmosphere of Georgia as much as here.