Art Museum of Georgia - is one of the cultural and architectural attractions of the city Tbilisi. The museum building - built in the early XIX century., Is located near the Liberty Square, it has more than fifty places its collection of Art Museum of Georgia, which is one of the largest museums in the country. The museum has about 140 thousand. Pieces of Georgian, European and Oriental art.

The history of the Tbilisi Museum began in 1920, when a number of young artists founded the National Art Gallery, which was the predecessor of the museum. Inauguration of the Central Museum of Fine Arts was held in August 1923 the Museum has repeatedly changed its location and for a time was placed in the church, so that all of his collection remained untouched even in the most difficult times for the country.

In 1950, the museum finally moved to the building of the former seminary, and that's when it got its present name. The museum was named after Shalva Amiranashvili, who shall be its head as much as 30 years. Some of the exhibits Art Museum of Georgia had been received from the European countries, and the other part was donated by private collectors.

Very popular among tourists enjoy a collection of cloisonne, including nearly a third of all the enamel, which is in the world. Most of them date back to X-XII of Art. Special attention also deserve examples of medieval coinage VIII-XIII century., For example, the golden cup of the Georgian King Bagrat III and gold pectoral cross that belonged to the most Queen Tamara. Another treasure is written in the VI Art. Anchian icon of the Holy Face of Our Saviour.

Collection of Fine Arts consists of works of Repin, Serov, Aivazovsky, Vasnetsov, Surikov and others. The basis of the museum of Georgian painting, covering the entire period of the artistic culture of the Georgian people. In addition to the exhibits, which belong to the Georgian culture, here you can also see interesting works of Oriental art, for example, valuable Persian carpets, Turkish and Indian shawls.