This museum's star turn is its Treasury section, enterable only with a guide (English/German/French speakers available). It contains a vast wealth of icons, crosses and jewellery in precious metals and stones from all over Georgia and old Georgian churches on what is now Turkish territory. Many of Georgia’s most sacred and revered objects are here. Don’t miss the beautiful little pectoral cross of Queen Tamar, set with four emeralds, five rubies and six pearls – the only known personal relic of the great 12th-century monarch.
