The island’s regional museum has made a perfect choice by taking Škrip for its location, a monument itself, being the oldest settlement on the island with an abundance of cultural monuments. The nameŠkrip originates from the Latin word scrupus, which denotes huge sharp stones that in those times were to be found at the back of Roman quarries. Among the houses that partly enclose the Illyrian buildings, the Roman mausoleum and the Croatian stronghold, there is a rich stone collection consisting of Roman, Late Antiquity and Early Medieval monuments and sculptures.