State Museum of Georgian Literature named after Giorgi Leonidze

The State Museum of Georgian Literature named after Giorgi Leonidze was founded in 1930 on the initiative of David Arsenishvili as the Mtatsminda Museum of Writers. Its collection includes over 105,000 manuscripts, about 3,000 paintings and graphic works, 80 sculptures, 27,000 photographs and 1,800 negatives, as well as over 28,000 unique books, newspapers, and magazines, and 400 audio-video recordings. The museum is an important cultural institution of Georgia, preserving and popularizing the heritage of Georgian literature and art.