Museums & galleries
Khariton Akhvlediani Museum of Ajara (Adjara State Museum)
ხარიტონ ახვლედიანის სახელობის აჭარის მუზეუმი
One of Georgia's oldest museums, founded 1908, holding about 180,000 items on Adjara's history and nature.
This museum began in 1908 as a school museum at Batumi's Pushkin city school. In 1924 it moved into a one-storey former treasury building, and from 1939 it ran research expeditions across Adjara. It has carried the name of Khariton Akhvlediani since 2005 and is part of the state body Ajara Museum.
The collection numbers about 180,000 items: rare objects, photographs, works of art, manuscripts and documents, plus displays on Adjara's plants and animals. It also holds around 6,000 written sources, including manuscripts and a rare book collection.
Good to know
- The Ajara museums group also runs Batumi's art, archaeology, Nobel Brothers technology and religion museums, so you can plan several visits together.
Sources
Facts checkedFacts checked by Kartvelio on 20 October 2026.
The guide text is written with AI from the sources below; Kartvelio checks the facts.
- Khariton Akhvlediani Museum of Ajara – Ajara Museums (official), consulted on 20 October 2026
