The Museum of the Macedonian Struggle ( mk, Музеј на македонската борба) is a national museum of

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

located in the capital city of

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and List of cities in North Macedonia by population, largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Sk ...

. 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

8 September Events Pre-1600 * 617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty. *1100 – Election of Antipope Theodo ...

2011. The building is located between the Museum of Archaeology, the Holocaust Museum of Macedonia, the Stone Bridge and the

Vardar The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece, in which it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . Th ...

River. 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. File:muzejmakedonskaborba.jpg, The main stained glass dome inside the Museum of the Macedonia Struggle File:Museum des Makedonischen Kampfes (Skopje).jpg, The museum at night, 2014 File:Museo de Lucha Macedonia, Skopie, Macedonia, 2014-04-16, DD 26.JPG, View from the other side File:Teatro Nacional y Museo de Lucha Macedonia, Skopie, Macedonia, 2014-04-16, DD 89.JPG, Night view of the museum and the National Theater

External links

Official Website of the Museum for the Macedonian Struggle
Museum of the Macedonian Struggle Museums in North Macedonia Museums established in 2011 Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Skopje) {{NorthMacedonia-museum-stub