GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Ajara State Art Museum is located in one of the historical buildings of Batumi. This monumental building was designed in 1949 by a well-known architect Kakha Javakhishvili. It is distinguished with a refined and strict architecture and modesty of décor. Its façade is embellished with relief freeze of well-known sculptor Tamar Abakelia. The museum was founded in 1998 and is relatively new. It preserves paintings of foreign and Georgian artists, such as: Niko Pirosmani, Davit Kakabadze, Lado Gudiashvili, Elene Akhvlediani and others. Also, it holds graphic works and sculptures and pieces of decorative art as well.

MUSEUM FUND: 500 exhibits.