Ilia Chavchavadze Museum — Attraction in Mtskheta-Mtianeti

It's not worth the stop nor the 5 gel entrance fee as there is hardly anything to see in the "museum". The very neglected garden is below ordinary as well, to put it mildly. Furthermore I was not even allowed to take pictures with my camera (of the few items on display). Although it was NOT forbidden to take pictures with a mobile phone !!!! Where is the logic in that? I tried to explain to the woman, who followed us like a dog, that I did not had my mobile phone with me. I only had my camera. I said that taking pictures was just my hobby, that I only took them for myself and that I didn't even had a flash on my camera. Nothing helped. She simply denied my joy of taking a few pictures. I really can't grasp the logic of such a...

The museum houses memorial belongings of outstanding Georgian writer and public figure IliaChavchavadze (1837-1907), photo portraits of XIX c. representatives of Georgian culture, as well as photographs of everyday life of the époque, manuscripts of the writer, samples of published by him periodicals (Iveria, Sakartvelos Moambe, etc.), several samples of Georgian and foreign fine art (Jaques de Molleenters the Tamplier Order by Garnier, Mazepa surrounded by wolves by Verne, Fear by unknown French painter of the same period, works of well-known Georgian artists Lado Gudiashvili, Ucha Japaridze, Iakob Nikoladze), XVIII-XIX c.c. German decorative and everyday crockery,...

The museum complex includes the residence, auxiliary buildings, and the family vineyards of the famous Georgian writer and public figure Ilia Chavchavadze (1837-1907). The museum preserves memorial items and manuscripts from the writer, photo portraits of famous XIX century Georgian public figures and photographs reflecting the time period. Location:...