Museum of the City of Skopje — Attraction in Municipality of Centar

This is a cool little museum about the City of Skopje. While at first it appears that it may concentrate largely on the devastating earthquake of 1963, it does delve into the periods BC and AD, before brief texts about the history of Skopje during the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes/Yugoslavia, as well as The Balkan Wars, WWI and II, as well the period of Socialism under Tito. All texts are in Macedonian as well as English, as well as some in Albanian and French.

The exhibits are spread across two floors, with the Ancient period on -1, and the modern era on Floor 0. Entrance is completely free.

There is a ~14 video (in Macedonian) that shows historical videos from around the time of the earthquake and is worth a watch. The museum will likely take around 2 hours max if reading and viewing all texts and exhibits, and even less if you are just taking a look.

The staff are friendly and are there to answer any questions...

The lights were out in some rooms and I was the only one there (I didn't see any staff or visitors). But it was really interesting, I like how one of the rooms showed how Skopje developed from the middle ages all the way up until today. I also found the exhibit about the 1963 earthquake and its effects on the galleries and museums in Skopje very very interesting. Signs have primarily Macedonian and English but one of the rooms had some that had French and Albanian as well. The archeological section on the lower ground floor could easily suffice if you chose not to go to the Archeological Museum of Macedonia across the river. Overall I really enjoyed it, and I like how it's in the old Skopje railway station too (they also have a bit about the history of the building, as well as an original clock from the station and some gates from the station as well). Plus it's free!...

Located inside what’s left of the old train station, City Museum currently features two small collections on two floors.

At ground level, the museum offers the briefest of insights into life in the city before WWII. Exhibits include costumes, photographs and personal possessions from a number of Macedonian minorities including Jews, Albanians, Gypsies, Serbs and Vlachs.

Down the stairs there are few dimly lit cases showcasing some fine examples of ancient bits and bobs dug up in the vicinity. The pride of the museum is the 6000-year-old, 15cm-high clay “Adam from Govrlevo” statue, which was discovered in 2000 and put on display here in later 2006. The statue is ranked among the world’s top 10 Neolithic artefacts, as it is perhaps the earliest representation of a human figure - with ribs, spine, belly button and a regrettably...