For the first time Stobi was mentioned in the second half of 19 century by the German explorer Halm in 1850 and his French colleague L. Heze in 1860. The first archeological planned and systematic researches started the Museum of Belgrade in 1924 to 1936 (period of Serbian rule in Macedonia). Many valuable samples were found in that time. Then the researches goes on with stops until 1941, when the Second World War started. The biggest part of the samples have been taken away in the Public museum of Belgrade, so they’re still there although they are property of Macedonian people.
The Public museum of Macedonia started with excavations in 1952. Since 1972, archeologists have done many regular researches in that region.