Robevi House. National Museum, Ohrid

Robevi House was built in its current state in 1863–1864 by Todor Petkov from a village Gari near Debar. The building of the first Robevi house was finished on the 15th of April 1827, as witnessed by the inscription in Greek on the marbled flagstone. This famous Ohrid merchant family lived in the house for 35 years between 1861–1862 when a famous criminal from Ohrid Ustref Beg burnt it to the ground. Two years later, between 1863–1864 the house was rebuilt. It was divided in two parts: left and right. Konstantin Robev lived in the left part of the house and his brother Atanas Robev in the right part. The main builder was Todor Petkov who built the house from scratch.

The house is a protected cultural monument consisting of 3 floors. Epigraphical monuments from Ohrid are placed on the ground part of the house including precious objects as the "Milokas" (found on the Via Egnatia) road, the two torsos of the goddess Isis etc. The archaeological objects from the ancient times and the medieval period are exhibited on the second and the third floor. The upper part of the house serves as exhibition space for objects made by the Ohrid carving school, creations of famous artists from Ohrid and the county.

Today the house is a protected cultural monument and belongs to the Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments and National Museum.

The National Museum is a scientific, research and cultural institution in Ohrid. The essential part of its activities is the depot which houses approximately 800 icons dating from the XII to the XIX century. The most representative ones were relocated in the Ohrid Gallery of Icons. This Museum's current activities involve reconstruction and restoration of Tsar Samuil's Fortress, The Ancient Theatre and St. Clement's monastery of Saint Panteleimon at Plaosnik, as well as earlier complete reconstruction of the Robevs House. Today the house contains an archaeological display, an exhibition of articles from the Robevs household, artwork from the Ohrid Woodcarving School and archaeological excavations of Ohrid and its vicinity.