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.
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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.



FORTIDENS MENNESKER FORTÆLLER PÅ GAMMEL SKIVEHUS
Som del af Byarkivets nye udstilling "Historien om Skive" kan man høre fortidens mennesker fortælle.
Kom indenfor i byens ældste hus og bliv klogere på historien om Skive.
Åbent hver onsdag og torsdag kl. 13.00-16.00.
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PÅ FREDAG KAN DU OPLEVE DRAMA PÅ TOLDSTIEN
Skive Byarkiv og TRAKO Dans og Drama inviterer på dramatiserede byvandringer langs Toldstien.
Hver vandring begynder som enhver anden. - Men undervejs på ruten bliver historien levende, når skuespillerne fra Trako laver gadeteater.
I alt afholdes syv vandringer henover foråret og sommeren. Den første vandring finder sted på fredag kl. 19.00.
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Mette Rødbroe Ulrich, Lone Færgegaard
Skal vi?
Kom med til præmieren på vores dramatiserede byvandring. Det sker nu på fredag.
Skive Byarkiv/Museum Salling og TRAKO står bag arrangementet.
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