Museum of the City of Skopje

Museum of the City of Skopje
Музеј на Град Скопје (Macedonian)
Muzeu i Qytetit të Shkupit (Albanian)
Main building (Old train station building before 1963 Skopje earthquake)
Ethnological section
Art history section
Dionysius
Archaeological section
Former name
People's Museum of the City of Skopje
Established1949 (1949)
LocationSkopje, North Macedonia
TypeHistory museum
FounderPeople's Committee of the City of Skopje of the People's Republic of Macedonia

The Museum of the City of Skopje (Macedonian: Музеј на Град Скопје, romanized: Muzej na Grad Skopje, Albanian: Muzeu i Qytetit të Shkupit) is a complex city museum focusing on Skopje, capital of North Macedonia, development from its origins to the modern era. The museum is home to permanent еxhibitions representing the history of Skopje, from the first recorded settlements around 3000 BC to present.

The institution was established in 1949 by the People's Committee of the City of Skopje, capital of then newly established People's Republic of Macedonia, under the name of the People's Museum of the City of Skopje. The museum was opened in 1951 on the anniversary of the Macedonian Uprising.

Since 1970, the museum has been housed in a renovated section of the old railway station, which was heavily damaged in the 1963 Skopje earthquake. One-third of the building, which remained mostly intact, is now the main building of the museum. The museum occupies 4,500 m2, with 2,000 m2 allocated for exhibition space.

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