Joseph Stalin Museum, Gori
იოსებ სტალინის მუზეუმი
A memorial museum in Stalin’s hometown, preserving his birth house and his armored railway car. It is a unique place for understanding Soviet history.
The Stalin Museum is in Gori, his birthplace, and opened in 1957. The palatial main building displays photos, gifts, and a death mask from Stalin’s life. In front of the museum, a glass pavilion shelters the wooden house where he was born, and the courtyard holds the green armored railway car he used for travel. The exhibits still retain much of the narrative perspective of the Soviet era, so consider joining a guided tour to understand the background. Admission is about 15 lari, with the railway car charged separately. It is open roughly 10:00–18:00. The Gori Fortress is nearby. It is about 80 km from Tbilisi, roughly 1–1.5 hours by train or minibus.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Uplistsikhe
- Dashbashi Canyon & Diamond Bridge
- Shio-Mgvime Monastery
- Mtskheta
- Jvari Monastery
- Lisi Lake
- Open Air Museum of Ethnography
- Turtle Lake