Niko Berdzenishvili Research Institute works on the focal areas of study: Adjara and South-West of Georgia, ethnography (ethnology), archeology, folklore and dialectology, sociology, tourism. 

All interested parties are welcome to apply for scholarly purposes and consultations. 

The Institute has at its disposal rich collection of rare books which are open to scholar,s educators, researchers. 

The stacks of the scientific library count more than 20 000 units: books, expedition diaries, annual papers, photo-illustrations, in Georgian and foreign languages, ready for use by undergraduate, master's and doctoral students.