National Museum Ohrid (Robev Family House)
Ohrid's national museum in a tall 19th-century merchant house with carved ceilings and archaeology displays.
The Robev family house is the best-known of Ohrid's old-town merchant residences and serves as the main building of the town's national museum. A first house of 1827 burned down, and the present double dwelling was rebuilt between 1861 and 1863 for two Robev brothers, whose trading network reached Vienna and Istanbul. The master builder Todor Petkov from the village of Gari led the work, with carvers from the Debar region completing the interiors.
The exterior shows the classic Ohrid pattern of a narrow stone base rising to timber-framed upper storeys that oversail the street, with long bands of windows catching the light off the lake. Inside, the museum presents archaeological material from the Ohrid and Struga area, including finds from Lychnidos and Trebenishte, together with rooms retaining their carved wooden ceilings, built-in cupboards and painted decoration. A collection of icons and woodcarving is displayed in the adjoining buildings.
Highlights
- Double merchant house rebuilt in the 1860s after a fire
- Carved wooden ceilings and built-in cupboards in situ
- Archaeology of ancient Lychnidos and the Ohrid region
- Timber upper storeys overhanging Car Samoil street
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