Exhibition Hall of Kobuleti and Kintrishi Protected Areas Visitor Center
Project Description
Exhibition Hall of Kobuleti and Kintrishi Protected Areas Visitor Center
Project DateJune, 2018
My RoleExhibition concept and design, Architectural design, Graphic design, and Multimedia development
Project ByAgency of Protected Areas of Georgia, Georgian National Museum, GFA Consulting Group
AddressD. Aghmashenebeli str. 271 Kobuleti, Georgia
Exhibition Hall of Kobuleti and Kintrishi Protected Areas Visitor Center
There are various types of interactions around the peatlands - boards of plants that grow in peaty marshes, as well as the book on rare insects. Using touchscreens, visitors can get familiar with the habitats of Kobuleti peats.
Using modern museum technologies, various types of information and interactive stands, visitors will have an opportunity to get acquainted with the physical-geographical descriptions of the Kobuleti and Kintrishi Protected Areas, their history and significance, Kintrishi vegetation vertical zones and flora and fauna.
The most interesting and spectacular parts of the exhibition are the Ispani sphagnum peatlands and the Kintrishi forest illuminated light-boxes. Visitors can cross the wooden pedestrian bridge to peatland, from where the sounds of the wetland can be heard. Above the marsh are places birds that have permanent or temporary (seasonal) habitat across these lands.
The central part of the Kintrishi section is completely dedicated to the forests light-box, where the viewer will be able to imagine woods of mountainous Adjara, get acquainted with various interesting information and listen to audio recordings of Kintrishi forest birds and animals.
The exposition also showcases copies of artifacts related to the Ispani Sphagnum Peatlands, Whose originals are preserved at Khariton Akhvlediani museum and Batumi archaeological museum.
Visitors can also view the collection of herbs spread across the Kintrishi forest, as well as herbariums, insects and clay mushrooms collected by Georgian National Museum Zoological Foundation employee Valery Petrov.
At the end of the exposition, visitors will be able to travel through the Protected Areas of Georgia using touchscreens and get the information about the routes to the nearest protected areas and ecotourism services.