This document contains information about the Georgian National Museum including a map of its branches around Georgia. It discusses the museum's archaeological excavations at sites like Dmanisi and Failaka Island, Kuwait. It also mentions workshops funded by BP for Georgian specialists and students on topics like conservation science.

1. David Lordkipanidze

2. www.museum.ge

4. Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti
(Author of the Futuris Manifesto)
Museums are public dormitories

5. Georgian National
Museum’s Map
SIMON JANASHIA MUSEUM OF GEORGIA
SHALVA AMIRANASwHVILI MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
GIORGI CHITAIA ETHNOGRAPHY MUSEUM (OPEN AIR MUSEUM)
IOSEB GRISHASHVILI TBILISI HISTORY MUSEUM (QARVASLA)
SVANETI MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY
NATIONAL GALLERY
IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI SAMTSKE-JAVAKHETI HISTORY MUSEUM
ELENE AKHVLEDIANI HOUSE MUSEUM
OTAR LORDKIPANIDZE VANI MUSEUM RESERVE
MOSE TOIDZE HOUSE MUSEUM
DMANISI MUSEUM RESERVE
INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY
SIGNAGI MUSEUM
OTAR LORDKIPANIDZE ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER

6. Building Better Museums
Changing an Organization’s DNA
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7. Organizational Life Cycles
Childhood – Entrepreneurial; informal; willingness to take risks;
experimentation with new ventures; dynamic leadership, often by a single
individual
Adolescence – Transition to professional management; greater focus on
strategy and performance; growth oriented; emphasis on acquisition of
resources
Adulthood – Mature; stable; development of operational systems, processes,
procedures and plans; formal; numerous controls; risk averse
Old Age – Resistance to change; repetition of behavior; top-down
management; complacency; “we know best” attitude; loss of legitimacy
Death – Inability to learn and adapt; isolation; further erosion of leadership;
external entropy and ultimately death
Note: Public institutions die. Many which existed in the 1920s and 1930s have
disappeared or have lineal descendents that are very different
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8. Traditional Museums vs. Modern,
Reinvented Musuems
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9. Governance
Traditional Museums Modern Museums
 Keeper of the Mission  Mission driven
 Elitist  Equitable
 Exclusive  Inclusive
 Reactive  Proactive
 Monocultural  Multicultural
 Internal focus  External focus
 Singular Vision  Shared vision
 Single visionary leadership  Shared leadership
 Top down management  Bottom up management
 Assumed value  Earned value
 Good intentions  Public accountability
 Paternal  Mutual respect
 Managing  Governing
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10. Institutional Priorities
Traditional Museums Modern Museums
 Management  Leadership
 Collection driven  Education driven
 Limited representation  Broad representation
 Limited community  Expanded community
involvement involvement
 Internally based  Community based
 Visitor friendly  Customer service
 Business as usual  Self study and criticism
 Voice of authority  Multiple viewpoints
 Focused on past  Forward looking
 Retrospective  Current
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11. Management Strategies
Traditional Museums Modern Museums
 Internally driven  Audience focused
 Selling  Marketing
 Assumptions of audience  Knowledge of audience
 Insular organization  Learning organization
 Unilateral decision making  Shared decision making
 Individually driven  Cooperative / Collaborative
 Cautious  Risk takers
 Dependent on funds from a  Entrepreneurial; numerous
single source sources of funds
 Individual strategies  Partnerships
 Individual work  Teamwork
 Static role  Strategic positioning
 Top down  Top down, bottom up and
horizontal
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12. Communication Styles
Traditional Museums Modern Museums
 Closed communication  Open communication
 Privileged information  Shared information
 Suppressed differences  Welcomed differences
 Debate  Dialogue
 One-way communication  Two-way communication
 Keeper of knowledge  Exchange of knowledge
 Cautious and protective  Welcoming and trusting
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14. Plan of Tbilisi, 1884
 Caucasian Museum
 State Library
 Female Gymnasium
 Main Administration Press Building of the Viceroyalty

29. Dmanisi
ACradle of the first Europeans

31. Fertile Crescent

33. Ancient clay
vessel
Khramis Didi Gora
VIth-Vth millennium B.C.

34. COLCHIS-LAND
OF GOLDEN
FLEECE

35. GOLDEN
FLEECE
STORY

42. Journey of the Golden Treasury
from Georgia

44. Berlin Altes Museum

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68. First Humans out of Africa
When?
Who?
Why?

72. The site of Dmanisi

79. Vani Archaeological Museum

80. Renovated
Archeological Base in
Vani

81. Dmanisi Paleoanthropology and Archaeology Summer Field
School

82.  The preservation of the collection for future
generations is the Museum ’ s primary
statutory duty. Therefore conservation and
scientific research is of critical importance
and GNM’s main scientific research goals
are to enhance conservation science and
technical art history. Facilitate research at
the interface of science and art, technology
and tradition.
 Through conservation science, treatment,
and preventive conservation, GNM supports
preserving heritage collections so they can
be accessed by current and future
generations.

83. To advance the philosophy and practice
of conservation, the GNM generates and
explores new ideas, undertakes projects
in research and applications, fosters
continuous learning internally, shares its
knowledge, and establishes alliances and
partnerships to promote public
awareness and community involvement
in safeguarding the cultural heritage.

85. The Georgian National Museum will hold archeological excavations at
Failaka Island, Kuwait for two months, annually
The first archaeological mission in Kuwait was held in 2011, with 15
Georgian scientists and students
The Project is financed by Kuwait

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89. BP FUNDED SERIES OF WORSHOPS FOR GEORGIAN
SPECIALIST AND STUDENDS
LEADING RESEARCHERS WERE INVITED FROM EU AND USA

114. Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti
(Author of the Futuris Manifesto)
Museums are public dormitories