Art Museum of Georgia Museum

Website: https://museum.ge/en

Art Museum of Georgia in Tbilisi is a national institution holding collections of Georgian fine art, religious icons, and modern-era works. The museum documents the development of Georgian visual arts from medieval to modern periods.

Galleries present Georgian paintings, icons and applied arts with representative works from the 18th to 20th centuries; special displays highlight nationally important artists and folk traditions. The collection is used for exhibitions and cultural programming tied to Georgian art history.

Established as part of national cultural institutions in Tbilisi, the museum’s holdings were assembled from state collections and private donations over the 19th and 20th centuries and have been expanded and curated to represent Georgian artistic traditions. It functions as a key repository for study and exhibition of national art.

Situated in central Tbilisi, the museum lies within the city’s cultural and administrative district.

• Collections: Houses significant works of Georgian art, including paintings and folk art by national figures such as Niko Pirosmani.

The Art Museum of Georgia (Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts) is on Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi. The museum is a short walk (a few minutes) from Rustaveli Metro Station on Tbilisi Metro Line 1.

Tbilisi International Airport is about 17-20 km east of the city centre (roughly a 25-35 minute drive depending on traffic), and taxis or airport transfers can bring you to Rustaveli Avenue; Rustaveli station is the most convenient public-transit stop for the museum.

• The Art Museum (Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts) is on Rustaveli Avenue close to the Rustaveli metro stop - use that stop to reach the museum quickly and avoid long walks through central Tbilisi traffic.
• Check the museum's opening hours and current temporary exhibitions on its official site before you go; Georgian national collections are sometimes presented with combined tickets or rotating displays.
• Allow time to see the museum's local 19th-20th-century Georgian art sections, which visitors often rush past in favor of the well-known European pieces.