The museum of the great Georgian writer and public figure Ilia Chavchavadze was founded in Batumi in 2001. The museum was renovated in 2021 and officially opened on 1 April. The permanent exhibition of the museum displays the personal belongings of the great Georgian writer, poet, publicist, politician and public figure of the 19th century Ilia Chavchavadze and his comrades and like-minded friends.