Museum of Macedonia

Museum of Macedonia
	Музеј на Македонија
	The main building of the museum
Established	1924
Location	Old Bazaar, Skopje, North Macedonia
Type	National

Short description: Museum in the Old Bazaar in Skopje, North Macedonia

Museum of Macedonia (Macedonian: Музеј на Македонија, romanized: Muzej na Makedonija) is a national institution in North Macedonia and one of the oldest museums in the country. It is located in the Old Bazaar in Skopje, near the Skopje Fortress. The Museum of Macedonia was created by joining three museum in one. The three museum that were unified were the archaeological, historical and ethnological museum,^[1] of which the archaeological museum was the oldest one; it was opened in 1924 and that date is considered as an establishing date of the national museum. During the existence of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, the museum was known as People's Museum of Macedonia.

Overview

The museum has got total area of 10.000 m², of which 6000 м² are meant for permanent or temporal exhibitions. The institution is of complex character, which means it gathers, keeps, conserves and presents the national Macedonian historical and cultural heritage. Within the museum is the Kuršumli An, a historical monument that was built in the 16th century. Besides that, the museum takes care about the collections of the following institutions as well:^[2]

the collections in the Palace of culture "Dragi Tozija" in Resen,
the collections in the library "Iskra" in Kočani,
the collections in the Palace of culture "25 May" in Valandovo, and
the collections in the memorial houses in the villages Bituše, Galičnik and Gorno Vranovci.