The Open Air Museum was founded on April, 27, 1966 by the famous Georgian ethnographer George Chitaia.

It is located in Tbilisi, Vake district, to the west of "Turtle Lake". It occupies 52 hectares of land and houses more than 8 thousand exhibits brought from all over Georgia.T

he Open Air Museum exposes 14 ethnographic zones: Kartli, Samegrelo, Adjara, Abkhazia, Svaneti, Khevsureti, Kakheti, Meskheti, Javakheti, Guria, Imereti, Racha, Lechkhumi and Osetia.

Each of them presents the particular historic-ethnographic area of Georgia.Together with the architectural monuments the museum exposes ethnographic materials - different kinds of tools, textile and ceramics.The museum also exposes the V-VI c. basilica of Sioni, as well as a rich collection of the grave stones in relief.