The best museums in Gori. Sergi Makalatia Historical and Ethnographic Museum in Gori.
The collection of the Sergi Makalatia Historical and Ethnographic Museum in Gori consists of items found as a result of expeditions in the fields. Here you can see unique collections found during archaeological excavations, collections of graphics, exhibits of applied art, handwritten and printed books and much more.
The museum was founded in 1935 on the initiative and as a result of the efforts of Georgian scientists Ivane Javakhishvili, Sergi Makalatia and Joseph Kipshidze.
The main collections of the museum were based on materials obtained as a result of field expedition and research works carried out in Shida Kartli. The cultural heritage artifacts contained here are diverse and include important monuments of the material and spiritual culture of both Georgia and the countries of the Middle East and fore Asia.
The museum stores and exhibits rich archaeological, ethnographic and numismatic collections; samples of applied and fine arts; Georgian and Arabic epigraphic monuments; manuscripts and first printed books; documents, charters of kings; photo archives, scientific library and periodicals.
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