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The Nobel Brothers Batumi Technological Museum is housed in the old “Batumi Office” of the Nobel brothers’ Branobel oil company, which was converted into a museum in 2007. The museum highlights the technological achievements introduced to Batumi at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.

In the early 1900s, the Nobel brothers of Sweden were among those who made fortunes exporting oil that had been piped from Baku in Azerbaijan through Georgia to the Black Sea port of Batumi for onward distribution to European markets. Investments in infrastructure by the oil barons helped Batumi to develop rapidly and by the late 19th century it was the chief Russian oil port in the Black Sea and a major refinery of crude oil.

The museum’s exhibits provide a fascinating insight into the development of technology, including printing, and photography.

How to get there? The museum is located at 3, Leselidze str., 6001, Batumi.

The museum is open everyday except Monday. Opening hours are: 10.00 – 18.00. Ticket price: Adults -2 GEL, Students – 1 GEL, Schoolchildren – 0.50 GEL

Georgia About recommends a visit to this fascinating museum.

Photos courtesy of the Department of Tourism and Resorts of Ajara.

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