Ethnographic museum at the turtle lake
 Wooden architecture from Georgia |
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| place | Tblissi |
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open air museum
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| opening | April 27, 1966 |
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The Museum Ethnographic Museum on the Turtle Lake ( Georgian გიორგი ჩიტაიას სახელობის ეთნოგრაფიული მუზეუმი ღია ცის ქვეშ , giorgi chitaias sakhelobis et'nograp'iuli muzeumi ghia ts'is k'vesh ) is an open-air museum in the Georgian capital Tbilisi . It is located on the hill south of the city center and a little west of the Turtle Lake . It opened on April 27, 1966 and has been part of the Georgian National Museum since 2004 .
description
70 buildings from all parts of Georgia were transferred to the 52 hectare museum. These include stone and wooden farmhouses of various types. Furthermore, water mills , watchtowers , wineries, an early Christian basilica , a family crypt and 8000 objects of daily life can be seen.
The museum is easily accessible from the city center on a car road.
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Coordinates: 41 ° 42 ′ 15 " N , 44 ° 44 ′ 39" E