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.



Den 15. august udkommer den nye jubilæumsbog 'Fortællinger om Skiveegnen 1970-2026'.
Vi takker for samarbejdet med grafikeren, der har udført et stort arbejde med opsætning af vores 552 sider lange bog.
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SOMMERENS ÅBNINGSTIDER PÅ SKIVE BYARKIV
I hele juli holder Skive Byarkiv åbent onsdag og torsdag kl. 13.00-16.00.
Gæster er velkomne til at besøge læssalen eller vores to udstillinger "Historien om Skive" og "Skives ældste kælder".
Skive Byarkiv ønsker god sommer med dette billede fra 20 juli 2022, hvor temperaturen nåede op på 35 grader. Billedet er tager foran Skive Kunstmuseum.
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GLÆD DIG TIL 15. AUGUST
552 sider og 375 billeder. Så meget rummer vores nye bog om hele Skiveegnen. 'Fortællinger om Skiveegnen 1970-2026' er lige nu ved at blive trykt og er klar lige efter sommerferien.
Så hos Museum Salling glæder vi os til at præsentere bogen på 700-årsdagen for Skives købstadsjubilæum.
Præsentationen finder sted lørdag 15. august kl. 11.00 på Gammel Skivehus. Efterfølgende kan 'Fortællinger om Skiveegnen' købes for 349 kr. i byens boghandlere og i Museum Sallings butikker.
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