Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Skopje)
The Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Macedonian: Музеј на македонската борба) is a national museum of North Macedonia located in the capital city of Skopje. Construction of the museum began on 11 June 2008 and it was opened to the public on the 20th anniversary of the declaration of independence on September 8th, 2011. The building is located between the Museum of Archaeology, the Holocaust Museum of Macedonia, the Stone Bridge and the Vardar River.
Established | 2011 |
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Location | Skopje, North Macedonia |
Visitors | N/A |
Director | Branislav Svetozarevik |
Website | mmb.org.mk |
The exhibit covers the period from the beginning of the resistance movement against the Ottoman rule, until the declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 8 September 1991. The guided tours take visitors through 13 exhibits ending in front of the original copy of the 1991 Declaration of Independence.
- The main stained glass dome inside the Museum of the Macedonia Struggle
- The museum at night, 2014
- View from the other side
- Night view of the museum and the National Theater