Open Air Museum of Ethnography (Etnografiuli Muzeumi) Tours and Activities
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Set on a hill overlooking Tbilisi’s Vake District, the Open Air Museum of Ethnography (Etnografiuli Muzeumi) provides examples of folk architecture and crafts from around Georgia. Named after Giorgi Chitaia, a Georgian ethnographer who founded the museum in 1966, it features 70 buildings spread across 52 hectares of land. The exhibits are divided into nearly a dozen areas, each one representing a different part of Georgian ethnology.
Among the buildings that visitors will see are traditional, flat-roofed stone houses from eastern Georgia, watch towers from mountainous regions like Khevsureti and Svaneti, wooden houses with gable roofs from western Georgia, a Kakhetian wintery and a Kartlian water mill. Within many buildings, you will find displays of traditional costumes, ceramics, furniture and other household items specific to the region.
The museum also hosts a folk culture festival each summer and, in addition to the ethnographic exhibits, it offers superb views around Tbilisi. It also features the Rachasubani restaurant, a good place to try traditional Georgian cuisine.
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Tbilisi city Full day Private tour
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The ideal introduction for first-time visitors, this private, full-day guided tour of Tbilisi covers the Georgian capital’s most popular attractions. Highlights include a scenic walk through the bustling Old Town, a look at the quirky antiques for sale at the city’s flea market, a visit to the modern-built Tsminda Sameba Cathedral, and a guided tour of the open-air Ethnography Museum.
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Private Tbilisi City Tour and Dinner with Folk Show
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Explore Georgia’s history, cuisine and culture on this private 8-hour Tbilisi city tour and dinner with folk show. Take the funicular to Mtatsminda Mountain for panoramic views over Tbilisi and explore Mtatsminda Pantheon, where some of Georgia’s famous artists, scholars and writers are buried. Discover archaeological treasures from the Middle Ages in the Georgian National Museum, visit the Open Air Museum of Ethnography and relax on the banks of Turtle Lake. In the evening, enjoy a delicious dinner of Georgian specialities as traditional folk music fills the air.
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Tbilisi - Mtskheta Tour (Modern and ancient capital cities of Georgia) - PRIVATE
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This is the tour where is combined Mtsketa Tour and Tbilisi City Tour.
You'll see and hear many interesting things.
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Tbilisi Museum and Georgian Wine Tasting Private Tour
Explore Georgia’s culture and heritage on this private 6-hour Tbilisi museum and Georgian wine-tasting tour. Visit the Open-Air Museum of Ethnography — near the banks of Turtle Lake — with a private guide and admire over 8,000 exhibits from Georgian regions including Abkhazia, Javakheti and Lechkhumi. Delve into Georgia’s ancient history in the Georgian National Museum, home to Georgian and Caucasian archaeological artifacts from down the centuries. Gaze over fine artworks by Georgian and European artists at the Museum of Fine Arts, then finish with a wine-tasting in a local wine bar.
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Tbilisi Open Air Museum of Ethnography Admission Ticket
The Open Air Museum was founded on April 27, 1966 by the famous Georgian ethnographer Giorgi Chitaia.
It is located in Tbilisi's Vake district, to the west of "Turtle Lake". It occupies 52 hectares of land and houses more than eight thousand artifacts brought from all over Georgia.
The Open Air Museum encompasses 14 ethnographic zones: Kartli, Samegrelo, Adjara, Abkhazia, Svaneti, Khevsureti, Kakheti, Meskheti, Javakheti, Guria, Imereti, Racha, Lechkhumi and Ossetia.
Each exhibit presents a certain historic-ethnographic area of Georgia. Together with architectural monuments, the museum presents ethnographic materials - different kinds of tools, textiles, and ceramics. The museum also includes the 5th-6th century basilica of Sioni, as well as a rich collection of grave stones in relief.
Visitors can explore on their own, or enjoy guided tours around the museum.
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Tbilisi sightseeing tour
This tour includes all the place which familiarize Tbilisi in the best way to our travellers.guides with a deep knowledge acquired with different sources ,capable of answering all question.
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Museum of illusions,Digital Space and Ethnography in Tbilisi
On this tour you have availability to discover 3 kind of museums..
Discover old Georgian type houses,visit museum of illusion and watch movies in digital space.
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The grandeur of the Monastery and the aniticity of the first capital
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Do you want to get acquainted not only with the Georgian capital but also with all of Georgia? Tbilisi has absorbed the soul of a mountainous country and the philosophy of its wise people. I will take you to a place where you will get to know the characters of different regions of Georgia in absentia, look around the bright expanses of the city, see how one of the districts of Tbilisi lives, and you can drink wine with a view of the Kura River and Narikala Fortress.
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Private Tour: Highlights of Tbilisi
Tour of the main attractions of Tbilisi with photo stops. You will see and visit the Tsminda Sameba Cathedral, Shardeni Street, Monument of King Vakhtang Gorgasali, Metekhi Cathedral, Narikala Fortress, Abanotubani, Jumah Mosque, Anchiskhati Basilica, Sioni Cathedral Church, The Bridge of Peace, Rike Park, Rezo Gabriadze Marionette Theater, Open Air Museum of Ethnography, etc.
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Tour to Didgori Valley from Tbilisi (Turtle Lake, Ethnographic Museum, Kojori)
Private full day tour to Didgori Valley from Tbilisi includes visiting Turtle Lake, Tbilisi Open Air Museum of Ethnography, Kojori (Azeuli) Fortress, Udzo Monastery and Didgori Battle Memorial. Total drive 155 km (95 miles).
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