Dadiani Palaces Museum Museum

Address: Zugdidi, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

Dadiani Palaces Museum is a museum complex in Zugdidi, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia, located in the former palace of the Dadiani princely family. The site preserves the family’s residence and houses collections related to local history and aristocratic material culture.

Exhibition rooms show period furnishings, portraits, costume pieces and regional artifacts from the 19th century and earlier, giving insight into the Dadiani household and local elite culture. The palace complex and its grounds form the museum setting and include preserved architectural elements from the residence.

The Dadiani family were regional rulers in western Georgia; their Zugdidi palaces were built and expanded across the 19th century and later converted into a public museum to display the family’s collections. The museum retains many original interior features and historical objects.

The complex is located in the town of Zugdidi in western Georgia, serving as one of the town’s principal cultural and historical attractions.

• Location and origin: The museum is housed in the 19th-century palatial complex of the Dadiani princely family and displays regional historical and aristocratic collections.

What to See#

• Dadiani Palace: The principal palace building in Zugdidi that served as the Dadiani family’s residence and now houses exhibition rooms with historical artifacts and period furnishings.
• Museum grounds and collections: Surrounding grounds and auxiliary buildings that include exhibition spaces for local history, ethnography and numismatic collections assembled by the princely family.

Zugdidi is served by regional buses and trains from major Georgian cities such as Tbilisi (train or long-distance bus). The Dadiani Palaces are in central Zugdidi and walkable from the train station or main bus stops; local taxis are inexpensive for short transfers.

• Visit the Armorial Hall first-many guides skip it but its heraldic displays tell the Dadiani family story.
• Combine the palace visit with a walk around Zugdidi's botanical garden and the nearby public square to read the city's 19th-century civic life.
• Check visiting hours at the local tourism office in Zugdidi; small museums often close over national holidays.