Visiting Georgian National Museum

About Georgian National Museum

The museum on Rustaveli Avenue displays Georgia's archaeological gold treasury, with intricate Colchian jewellery, as well as early hominid skulls from Dmanisi, around 1.8 million years old. Other floors cover natural history and the Soviet occupation.

Tip: Start with the gold treasury in the basement, then see the Dmanisi skulls before the rooms get busy.

Plan your visit

• Time needed: 2 hours.
• Cost: Low cost.
• Book ahead: not usually needed; buy on arrival.
• Where: Rustaveli and Mtatsminda, the grand avenue of theatres, museums and big hotels below the TV tower.

Best time to visit Georgian National Museum

Georgian National Museum is indoors, which makes it a good plan for the wettest months:

• May: 24°C (75°F) highs, about 11 rainy days, busy crowds.
• April: 19°C (66°F) highs, about 9 rainy days, moderate crowds.
• June: 28°C (82°F) highs, about 9 rainy days, busy crowds.

When to visit Tbilisi has the full month-by-month picture.

Fit it into your trip

Georgian National Museum is not on our short itineraries, so plan it as an extra once you have seen Narikala Fortress and Abanotubani sulphur baths.

• No. 9 of the 18 sights in our Tbilisi things-to-do list.
• Day 2 of the 2-day plan.
• Day 5 of the 5-day plan.
• One of the picks in historic sites in Tbilisi.

Near Georgian National Museum

Also in Rustaveli and Mtatsminda, so you can walk between them:

• Rustaveli Avenue — 1 hour, free
• Mtatsminda Park and funicular — 2–3 hours, low cost

If you like Georgian National Museum

• Open Air Museum of Ethnography — Vake, 1.5–2 hours

Staying near Georgian National Museum

Stay in Rustaveli and Mtatsminda ($$$) to walk here: the grand avenue of theatres, museums and big hotels below the TV tower. All areas to stay in Tbilisi.

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