The creation of the main material base of the museum began in 1953, when an appropriate area was allocated to it in the new building of the Polytechnic Institute.

The museum, the establishment of which was greatly contributed by Prof. G. Kharatishvili (1905-1981), deservedly bears his name. It was created as a result of accumulation, study and systematization of fossilized organisms, minerals, rock collections and other materials. The material was collected mainly during the field work of the department's employees and during the educational-geological practice. The department carried out geological practices not only in the territory of Georgia, but also in various geologically interesting regions of the former Soviet Union (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Urals, Siberia, Baltic Sea, Russian Plain, Ukraine, Crimea, North Caucasus, etc.).

The museum expanded along with the accumulation of material, which was properly checked, processed, gradually refined and enriched. In this way, a unique educational museum was created, where the main thematic material displayed reflects the history of the structure and development of the Earth. The museum has rich funds, which are of great scientific and educational value. Thousands of rock, fossil and mineral samples are stored in its warehouses. The museum also exhibits material depicting geological excavations, panels, models, models of fossil organisms, pictures, portraits of eminent scientists, schemes of old landscapes, maps, explanatory texts that help students to master the material.

At the entrance to the museum, a model of a mammoth horse hangs on the wall, made by P. Petrov, a former employee of the department (most of the models and pictures in the museum were made by him). The exhibits of the museum, according to the theme, are placed in three spacious halls.

The first hall is occupied by the department of dynamic geology.

The material on display here reflects the structure of the Earth and the geological processes that create the modern face of the Earth's crust, represented by appropriate collections of rocks and minerals.

In the same hall, a color model of the action of Vesuvius volcano, a geological map of Georgia is exhibited. Colorful pictures and posters hang on the walls, depicting relief forms formed by wind and erosion, geological action of groundwater, seas, rivers, glaciers, geysers from Yellowstone National Park (North America), etc.

The second hall is dedicated to the Department of Paleontology and Historical Geology.

Rich paleontological and geological exhibits (collections of modern and fossil organisms, models, reconstructions of past geological eras, rock samples, etc.) are presented here, which vividly reflect the history of the earth's crust and the development of life. The viewer is convinced of what grand geological processes were and are acting on our planet and how much time has passed since the origin of the earth and the first simple organisms, that everything in nature appears, develops and changes regularly. In the process of development, complex and diverse creatures develop from primitive organisms; Everything is in motion, develops, dies and gives way to something new.

In the central part of the hall, there are two rows of cabinets (paleontological part), where the samples of invertebrates arranged according to systematics (the simplest, sponges, gastropods, brachiopods, molluscs, etc.) are exhibited, and the material depicting the geological development of the Earth is arranged along the walls in chronological order.

At the entrance to the hall, on the right side, a collection of modern fauna is displayed against the wall. The rather rich and interesting material presented here has been brought from different parts of our planet by both members of the department and former students.

In the third hall, there is a department for woodworkers.

Vertebrate fossils are found in marine and continental sediments, although much less frequently than invertebrate remains. Only fragments of vertebrate skeletons are usually found in marine sediments. In continental formations, a large number of fossil vertebrates are known to be located (Northern Dvina, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North America, France). This material is kept in famous museums of the world.

The material exhibited in the hall is mainly represented by models, panels, pictures, copies and mock-ups. Here you can get to know Indricotherium, one of the oldest representatives of rhinoceros, Jurassic flying reptile Rhamphorhynchus, mammoth and whale teeth, Cretaceous predatory dinosaur Tyrannosaurus, late Jurassic ancestor of modern birds Archeopteryx, Tarbosaurus found in Mongolia, diatomites from Kisatib, which are well preserved fishes. and frog skeletons Impressions, Pliocene giant deer, diplodocus, sabertooths, pinnipeds, genus Latimeria and other interesting material.

The exhibited material related to the issues of human origin is noteworthy (two panels: life style of Stone Age people, Cro-Magnons, Bichuna-Neanderthal, archeological material in the closet, Desert Pithecus, Australo-Pithecus, etc.). In a large glass case there are skulls, mandibles of chimpanzees, pithecanthropus, synanthropus, Heidelberg man. On the wall hang large color pictures (Permian landscape with Pareiasaurus and Inostrancevia, Cretaceous Saurolophus, etc.), as well as a model of a Carboniferous insect.

The museum also preserves monographic paleontological material.

In addition to the bachelors, masters and doctoral students of the Faculty of Mining and Geology, the museum is of great help to everyone who is interested in geology, as well as in the issues of the origin and development of life. This is evidenced by numerous entries in the museum journal.