National Museum of Georgia

The National Museum of Georgia is currently a system of several museums, and this building (Rustaveli, house 3) is only part of it, the Simon Janashia Museum. Inside you can see gold from Vani, hominid bones from Dmanisi and one of the world’s largest collections of Urartian inscriptions. It doesn't work on Mondays. Entrance costs 5 GEL, the ticket allows you to see the entire museum. Only the Golden Fund and the famous museum of the Soviet occupation actually work.

The spacious austere building is restrainedly stylized under the old Georgian architecture. It used to house the Caucasian Museum, which has existed since 1825. The museum is a unique repository of Caucasian culture. The pearl of the museum - the Golden Fund - materials of excavations on the mound of Trialeti (II century BC). This included gold and silver vessels, ceramics. The golden cup, decorated with precious stones and a geometric pattern, gained fame all over the world. In the collection of the museum - jewelry V-IV centuries BC. e., collections of coins and weapons of the Middle East, craftsmen fabric, carpets, clothing, magnificent wood carving.