David Baazov’s Museum of History of Georgian Jews and Georgian-Jewish Relations
"I come from a country where Jews have been living for over 2,600 years, and during this time they have never experienced anything like oppression or persecution..." - words of the famous rabbi David Baazov (1883-1946) perfectly describing the relationship between Georgians and Jews. In 1932, the Museum of Jewish history of Georgia was founded and named after David Baazov in Kala, the oldest district of Tbilisi. The museum is a domed building built on the ruins of an ancient synagogue. Today, it is a cultural monument.
Region
Tbilisi
City
Tbilisi
What can you see at the museum?
From 1933-1936, ethnographic expeditions were organized in the regions inhabited by Jews to assemble the museum's rich collection of more than 140,000 exhibits. As a result, national costumes, religious or ritual items, accessories, and photos were collected.
The museum preserves paintings and graphic works created explicitly for this museum. One family donated their old cradle to the museum, a symbolic gift representing the lifestyle of the Georgian Jews in Mtskheta since the 6th century BC.
Other rare artifacts such as a rabbi's ring and a circumcision knife are also on display. The museum displays paintings of the world-renowned, avant-garde Jewish artist, Solomon Gershov.
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