On November 71948 The Kutaisi Museum of History and Ethnography was opened with the ceremony in the present building on the David Agmashenebeli Square (in former. Eristavi house). The building was given to the Museum in 1947. In 1947-48 it was reconstructed, the treasure of the nation was exhibited in 13 halls.
The building was built at the beginning of XIX century. The place where the Museum is built belonged to the lord Merab Tsulukidze.
In 1977 the attach was made to the building. (M Kezevadse).
In Kutaisi and its surroundings as a result of the archeological investigations parts of the ceramic ware (ceramic black varnished were.) of early Antic and Hellenic period of the II-I millennium were found.
TheGerman archeologist R. Schmidt had the archeological investigation in the gorge of the river Tsraltsitela in Sarajhia cave in the Paleolith in Georgia and particular in Kutaisi.
Professor George Nioradze investigated the same cave in 1936 and dated it by late ironic and early solute age.
The Kutaisi State Museum of History and one of the richest treasure houses in Georgia with the collections of describing the history of Georgia and the Near East. The significant pace had the unique exhibits of the chasing art of the X-XIX cc. describing the history of the Georgian chasing art at the different stages of the development. A lot of them are registered in the list of the World masterpieces.
The building was built at the beginning of XIX century. The place where the Museum is built belonged to the lord Merab Tsulukidze.
In 1977 the attach was made to the building. (M Kezevadse).
In Kutaisi and its surroundings as a result of the archeological investigations parts of the ceramic ware (ceramic black varnished were.) of early Antic and Hellenic period of the II-I millennium were found.
TheGerman archeologist R. Schmidt had the archeological investigation in the gorge of the river Tsraltsitela in Sarajhia cave in the Paleolith in Georgia and particular in Kutaisi.
Professor George Nioradze investigated the same cave in 1936 and dated it by late ironic and early solute age.
The Kutaisi State Museum of History and one of the richest treasure houses in Georgia with the collections of describing the history of Georgia and the Near East. The significant pace had the unique exhibits of the chasing art of the X-XIX cc. describing the history of the Georgian chasing art at the different stages of the development. A lot of them are registered in the list of the World masterpieces.