State Museum of Stalin

The Joseph Stalin Museum in Gori is a historical museum in Georgia dedicated to the life and work of the city's most famous native, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, who headed the Soviet government and effectively led the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1953. The museum was opened in 1937 in the historic memorial house where Stalin's father rented living space and set up a workshop. Initially, this house was one of many similar ones, but later it remained alone. The exhibition features many items that belonged or are believed to have belonged to Stalin, including furniture from his offices and gifts. You can also see many illustrations, paintings, documents, photographs, and newspaper articles that tell about Stalin's life and work. The exhibition concludes with one of twelve copies of Stalin's death mask.