National Centre of Manuscripts
Address: 1/3, Merab Alexidze str., Tbilisi
Phone: (+995 32) 2 364 185, 2 363 241
Fax: (+995 032) 2 363 241
E-mail: manuscript@ Caucasus.net
Web-site: www.manuscript.ge
Date of establishment: 1958
Judicial status of the organization: Since 2006 - the Legal Public Entity
Type (profile): history
Quantity of stored items: 170 000
Collection description: National Centre of Manuscripts was established on the basis of the Korneli Kekelidze Institute of Manuscripts in 2006 (the institute was founded in 1958 on the basis of State Museum of Georgia).Nowadays there are stored more than 170.000 items in Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Sirian, Ethiopian, Armenian, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Slavic languages (dated from I c. up to XX c.).
Working hours: Everyday except Sunday & Monday, 11.00 – 17.00
Ticket price: free
Exhibitions: Periodical exhibitions: “Old Caucasus in Italian and Georgian Photography”, "Georgian Calligraphers" (2006), “The Manuscripts from Gelati” (2008), “The Nativity Cycle in Georgian Miniature”, “The Georgian Manuscript” (2009) etc.
Educational Programmes: The Conferences, Expeditions, scientific and Educational projects and seminars
Publications: Scientific publications, catalogues and booklets
