Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, National history museum on Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi, Georgia
The Simon Janashia Museum exhibits over 1.2 million artifacts spanning natural history, archaeology, and ethnography within a red brick building from 1910.
Founded in 1852 as part of the Russian Imperial Geographic Society, the museum received its current name in 1947 to honor Georgian historian Simon Janashia.
The collection includes prehistoric human remains from Dmanisi and a treasury of Georgian metalwork from the third millennium BCE to the nineteenth century.
The museum opens Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with guided tours available in Georgian for 25 GEL and English for 45 GEL.
The museum preserves 1.8-million-year-old human fossils, representing the earliest evidence of human presence discovered outside Africa.
Location: Tbilisi
Inception: May 10, 1852
Official opening: 1852
Website: http://museum.ge
GPS coordinates: 41.69605,44.80026
Latest update: March 9, 2025 19:55
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