Welcome to the City Archives
Skive City Archive is the local history archive for the city of Skive and its immediate surroundings, corresponding to the area of the old Skive Municipality before 2007. In addition, we take care of Skive Municipality’s archive.
Anyone interested in local history is welcome to visit our reading room in the Lensmandsstuen at Gammel Skivehus. You can also search our collection on Arkiv.dk. Read more about the City Archive’s collections here.
Visit Skive’s oldest cellar
– Underground poster exhibition in the archive basement
Open Wednesday and Thursday 10:00-16:00. Read more here.

Opening hours
The reading room is open Wednesday and Thursday from 13.00-16.00 or by appointment.
In 2025 it is closed on the following days:
2. january
16. april
5. june
week 28-31
24. december
The first opening day in 2026 is January 7.
What's new
Latest news
Nature walk in Jensen & Sørensen’s Plantation
Christmas at Gammel Skivehus December 7, 2024
Hike in Jensen & Sørensen’s Plantation – Hear about the history and nature
HIKING IN SKIVE CEMETERY
Sunday in Advent: Mrs. Juhl tells and opens calendar doors in Lensmandsstuen
Listen to Mrs. Juhl talk about a Christmas calendar made from a potato and matches.
Also hear the story of the Christmas goat, the Christmas heart and a special candle on Twelfth Night.
For the entire month of December, a giant advent calendar has been on display in the sheriff’s room at Gammel Skivehus. Every day, schoolchildren from all over Skive Municipality have helped open a door and heard a story about the Christmas story.
In this video, four doors are opened for each Sunday in Advent.



For 175 år siden stod der langs med Toldstien et plankeværk. Det markerede toldgrænsen mellem by og land.
Her kan du høre byarkivar Kristian Buhl Thomsen fortælle om den historie.
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I MÅL MED VIGTIG REDNING AF FLERE 1.000 NEGATIVER
Igennem halvandet år har arkivassistent Martin Marx Lynderup arbejdet på at rense en meget omfattende samling af glasnegativer i Skive Byarkivs samling. Negativerne blev for år tilbage ramt af skimmel som følge af en fugtskade.
Nu er det store arbejde tilendebragt. Rensningen er foregået ved UV-bestråling i et apparat, der kan ligne en miniovn. Martin har under processen været iført heldragt og åndedrætsværn, da skimmel er skadeligt for luftvejene.
Efter UV-bestrålingen er skimlen uskadeliggjort, og negativerne er nu sat på magasin i Rønbjerg. Dermed har Martins indsats sikret utallige historiske billeder af Skiveegnens mennesker for eftertiden.
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Godt gået Martin.
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