I. Chavchavadze Literature-Memorial Museum

Museum collection description: The Literature-Memorial Museum of Ilia Chavchavadze (1837-1907), Georgian writer and a public figure of special importance, is a memorial complex that include Ilia Chavchavadze House Museum in Tbilisi, Literature-Memorial Museum, here used to be office and typography of the newspaper "Iveria". The museum houses materials of Ilia Chavchavadze's life and work: memorial belongings, documents and photo archive, periodicals published by Ilia Chavchavadze, manuscripts, XIX –XX c.c. paintings and graphics, various editions of Ilia Chavchavadze works.

Working hours: everyday except Sunday & Monday, 10.00 – 17.00 Ticket price: free

Expositions: Permanent exhibition dedicated to writers life. Educational programmes: educational programmes dedicated to writers works, “Conversations about Georgian journalism” (together with TSU), “Ilia and Abkhazia”, documental film about killing, permanent seminar together with seminary.

Publications: Booklet of Ilia Chavchavadze house-museum, booklet of Ilia Chavchavadze literary-memorial museum, Georgian and Ukrainian historical –literary relations.

Total space of the museum: 1643,26 m² (museum’s building: 346 m², the branch of the museum’s – Shio Aragvispireli Museum: 72 m²)

Display space: 1264m² Temporary exhibitions: 272 m² Storage space: 55.1 m²

Annual quantity of visitors: 5953
Museum building’s status: Immovable monument of Cultural Heritage (The order # 3/181, 2007 of Minister of Ministry of Culture and Monuments Protection of Georgia)