2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage CALENDAR
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UNIFIED ACTIVITIES PLANNED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
MUSEUM WEEK, PERFORMANCE “NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM”
Conferences, exhibitions, workshops, concerts, performances and other activities Institutions: Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia, Institutions of the Ministry (museums, National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia), Municipal museums and etc. (18-19 May)
EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS THEME: EUROPEAN YEAR OF CULTURAL HERITAGE “SHARING ART”
Conferences, exhibitions, workshops, trainings, tours and other activities Institutions: Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia, Institutions of the Ministry (museums, National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia), Municipalities and etc. (29-30 September)
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LOCAL EXHIBITIONS “RENAISSANCE GRAPHICS” “TITIAN, MASTER OF COLOR”
Institutions: Georgian National Museum, D. Shevardnadze National Gallery , Embassy of Italy in Georgia, Ministry of Economics and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Georgian National Tourism Administration, Project “Check in Georgia” (May-August)
“BERNINI AND ROMAN BAROQUE”
Institutions: Georgian National Museum, D. Shevardnadze National Gallery , Embassy of Italy in Georgia, Ministry of Economics and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Georgian National Tourism Administration, Project “Check in Georgia” (August-September)
RED TERROR & GEORGIAN ARTISTS
Institution: Georgian National Museum, S. Janashia Museum of Georgia (May)
EUROPEAN ARCHITECTS OF XIX-XX CENTURIES IN BORJOMI
Institution: National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia (May)
JUBILEE EXHIBITION DEDICATET TO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGIA’S INDEPENDENCE
Institution: Georgian National Museum, S. Janashia Museum of Georgia (26 May)
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EXHIBITION OF NATURAL HISTORY
Institutions: Georgian National Museum, S. Janashia Museum of Georgia (June)
FROM THE COLONIAL POLICY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
Georgian State Museum of Folk and Applied Art, Sh. Rustaveli Foundation (May, June, July)
CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE
Institutions: Georgian National Museum, I. Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum (June, September, December)
DYNASTIES
Institutions: Georgian National Museum, I. Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum , Goethe Institute (June, July, August)
PROJECT BY GERMAN ARTIST KARIN ODENDAHL (ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROJECT)
Institution: State Silk Museum (September 14 - October 2)
SULKHAN-SABA ORBELIANI 360 YEARS ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
Institution: G. Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature (September - October)
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JUBILEE EXHIBITION OF NIKO NIKOLADZE (175 YEARS FROM THE BIRTH AND 90 YEARS OF DEATH)
Institution: G. Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature (October- November)
PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK AND THE EXHIBITION OF THE INDEPENDENT GEORGIA’S ART.
Institution: Georgian State Museum of Theatre, Music, Cinema and Choreography - Art Palace (December)
GEORGIAN FILM – 100
Institution: Georgian State Museum of Theatre, Music, Cinema and Choreography - Art Palace (December)
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FOREIGN EXHIBITIONS GEORGIAN ALPHABET
Klingspor Museum, Offenbach, Germany Institutions: Georgian State Museum of Theatre, Music, Cinema and Choreography - Art Palace, Georgian National Book Center, Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia (October 4 – November 18)
NIKO PIROSMANI
Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria Institutions: Georgian National Museum, Albertina Museum, “Infinitart” Foundation, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles (October)
GOLD & WINE. GEORGIA’S OLDEST TREASURES
Archaeological Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Institutions: Georgian National Museum, Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia, Georgian National Book Center, Archaeological Museum Frankfurt am Main (6 October – 10 February 2019)
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MEDEA’S LOVE AND THE QUEST FOR THE GOLDEN FLEECE
Liebieghaus Sculpture Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Institutions: Georgian National Museum, Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia, Georgian National Book Center, Liebieghaus Sculpture Museum (5 October – 10 February 2019)
DMANISI DISCOVERIES
Natural history Museum at the Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Institutions: Georgian National Museum, Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia, Georgian National Book Center, Natural history Museum at the Senckenberg Research Institute (December)
NIKO PIROSMANI & THE WORLD
Embassy of Georgia in Warsaw, Poland Institutions: National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia, Niko Pirosmanishvili State Museum, Embassy of Georgia in Poland (December)
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NEW INSTITUTIONS BOLNISI MUSEUM
The new institution of the Georgian National Museum - Bolnisi Museum will become a significant scientific and a cultural center of Kvemo Kartli region. The contemporary architecture combines exhibition halls, storage facilities, auditorium, educational and public cpaces. (June)
M. SHENGELIA MUSEUM OF GEORGIAN MEDICINE HISTORY
The museum protected unique exhibits of Georgian medicine history. Since 2014 rehabilitation works were underway. Exhibition halls, repositories and conference space were renewed. (June 22)
ONLINE PLATFORM THE WEBSITE AND THE ONLINE EXHIBITION OF JEWISH CULTURAL HERITAGE
Institution: Georgian National Museum (May)
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CONFERENCES - TRAININGS - WORKSHOPS - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
MUSEUMS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIETY
Organizers: ICOM National Committee in Georgia, ICOM Europe , ICOM National Committee of Armenia, ICOM National Committee of Azerbaijan (June)
INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF KSANI VALLEY (OCCUPIED TERRITORY)
Organizer: National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia (May)
THE OPENING OF THE POLISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION IN GEORGIA
Organizer: National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia, Polish Embassy in Georgia, University of Warsaw, Kutaisi University (May 17th)
MUSEUM AND CULTURAL HERITAGE V
Organizer: National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia (20-29 May)
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REMEMBERING THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA, 100 YEARS ON: A MODEL FOR EUROPE
Organizers: Georgian National Museum, I Javakhishvili Tbilisis State University National Archives of Georgia, National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, American Research Institute of the South Caucasus(ARISC), Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation (25-30 June)
ECOSYSTEM ISOLATION AND CONNECTION: RISE AND DEMISE OF BIOTA IN THE PONTOCASPIAN REGION
Interim colloquium of RCMNS* and EU PRIDE final conference 2018 Organizers: Georgia National Museum , Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Senckenberg Museum Forschungsinstitut, Utrecht University, Ilia State University, University of Rovira Virgili,; Bristol University, Justus Liebig University (27-29 August)
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROJECTS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ART PROSPECT
Institution: State Silk Museum in collaboration with GeoAIR (June and July)
CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO THE 175 YEARS OF NIKO NIKOLADZE
Organizer: Niko Nikoladze hause Museum (September)
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MUSEUMS, EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ACTION: BETWEEN OLD AND NEW MEANINGS
Organizers: ICOM International Committee for Museum Education and Cultural Activities ICOM Georgia National Committee, CECA (24-27 September)
CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGIA’S INDEPENDENCE
Organizer: G. Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation (October 25-26)
METHODOLOGY AND APPROACHES TO THE PRELIMINARY LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE
Organizers: National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation, ICOMOS (November)
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
with the participation of member states of the UNESCO South-Eastern States Organizer: National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation (November)