The archaeological museum of Скопје is part of the heavily debated project Skopje 2014, the project that changed the face of the city center massively. It is located in a building close to river Vardar that received a new but historic facade. You can enter it over the highly decorated bridge of the civilizations in Macedonia. It contains many regional findings: golden masks from Охрид, icons from Виница and a nice coin collection.
The permanent exhibition is hard to understand without a guide as there are no written explanations. But they also have changing exhibitions that are surprisingly good, I visited one about the archaeological excavations at Styberra. If they present you the tomb of Alexander the Great: remember that it can only be a copy, the original has been destroyed in Alexandria, Egypt. Such an exhibit also reminds the visitor that this museum is used for a political mission to define a national identity for North Macedonia.
Археолошки музеј на Република Македонија
Archaeological Museum of Macedonia
Скопје / Skopje
North Macedonia
https://amm.org.mk
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