Museum Address: 6, Samgebro str., (Narikala fortress road) Tbilisi
Date of establishment of the museum: 1984
Legal status of the museum: Since 2005 – Legal Entity under Public Law (LEPL) under governmental control of Ministry of Culture and Monuments Protection of Georgia
Museum type (profile): Art
Quantity of stored items: 4100

Description: The museum houses collections of Georgian and South Caucasian people authentic musical instruments, as well as European mechanical and classical musical instruments, collection of arghans. In the museum are kept manuscript notes of Georgian folk music, audio-video records, phono-photo materials. There are also samples of fine and applied art, gramophone records (beginning of the XX c.) of Georgian folk songs and so called Oriental songs.

Working hours: Everyday, except Monday, 11.00 – 18.00
Ticket price: Schoolchildren – 0.50 GEL, Students – 1 GEL., Adult – 3 GEL.
Free admission: Children up to age of 6; Georgian and Foreign Museum staff, ICOM members (cardholders with ID), people with disabilities (upon presentation of valid ID), refugees.

Exhibitions: Photo exhibition – “Old performers of Georgian Folk songs”, “Georgian Folk instruments”, “Old Audio and Video records”, albums.
Educational Programmes: “…And sounds Music” 2008), “Meeting with masters of musical instruments” (2009), “Ethno music evening” (2010)
Publications: Museum booklets, compact disks.

Total space of the museum: 350 m²
Display space: 200 m²
Temporary exhibition:
Storage space: 20 m²

Museum building’s status: Immovable monument of Cultural Heritage (The order # 3/181, 2007 of Minister of Ministry of Culture and Monuments Protection of Georgia).