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Viking Ship Museum, Oslo, Norway. In my opinion, the major draw to the museum are the two viking ships: The Oseberg and the Gokstad. Both of these are exceptionally preserved ships from the Viking era. The Viking Era extended from around 800 to 1050 AD and during this time the Vikings perfected building ships known as "long ships.".


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The new Museum of the Viking Age will be three times as large as the current Viking Ship Museum. In total, the new museum will be approx. 13,000 m 2, of which approx. 9000 m 2 is audience space, including 5500 m 2 of exhibitions. The interest in the Viking Ship Museum, the ships and objects has been enormous right from the start of the.


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Viking Ship Museum 9,953 reviews #25 of 536 things to do in Oslo Speciality MuseumsHistory Museums Temporarily closed Closed until further notice Write a review About Come face to face with some of the world's greatest Viking treasures!


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The Viking Ship Museum is located at Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway and is part of the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo. The museum building contains archeological finds from the mound cemeteries of Tune, Gokstad, Oseberg and Borre. The Norse sagas tell of many splendid Viking ships that sailed to far-off lands.


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The Gokstad Ship, an iconic Viking vessel, was discovered in 1880 near Gokstad farm in Sandefjord, Norway. Dating back to the 9th century, this well-preserved ship is a testament to the extraordinary craftsmanship and maritime skills prevalent among the Vikings. Measuring approximately 23.5 meters (77 feet) in length and 5 meters (16 feet) in.


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Contact The world's leading Viking museum The Viking Ship Museum is closed and will reopen in 2026/2027 as the Museum of the Viking Age. At the Museum of the Viking Age, you can experience the world's best-preserved Viking ships and more than 8,000 other objects from the Viking Era.


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Oslo's Viking ship museum The Viking Ship Museum is one of the capital city's most popular attractions. There's good reason for that, as visitors get to see three genuine Viking ships that have been excavated from the Oslofjord region.


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The Viking Ship Museum is closed and will reopen in 2026/2027 as the Museum of the Viking Age. In the meantime, you can visit Viking exhibitions at the Historical Museum in the middle of Oslo city centre.


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The Museum of the Viking Age will be the world's leading museum about the Viking Age. The Viking Age fascinates us to no end. We have rich and varied archaeological finds from the period. And the saga writers describe an intense period filled with beautiful (and violent) stories. At the Viking Ship Museum, we displayed ships and objects from.


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Norway has long had another Viking Ship Museum, along with three more nautical museums, clustered in Bygdøy, a park-like peninsula just across the harbor from downtown Oslo. The Viking Ship Museum, however, is closed for a much-needed renovation till 2026.


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Viking Ship Museum, Oslo. + 47 22135280. [email protected]. Huk Aveny 35, 0287 , Oslo, Norway. Site Overview Key Attractions Contact Details. VISIT WEBSITE. Experience the best-preserved Viking ships in the world and unique burial artefacts from boat graves around the Oslo Fjord. these ships have been on voyages of the seas, before they.


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At over 1000 years old, the Viking Ship Museum, Oslo houses Viking boats and artifacts from the peak of Viking marine engineering. The Viking Age, from 800-1100 AD, was the age of the sleek, speedy longships.


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The world's oldest Viking ship is on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, along with many other artifacts from the era. It's well worth a visit. PLEASE NOTE: The museum has closed its doors for a multi-year renovation and extension project. It will reopen in 2025 as the Museum of the Viking Age.


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Luckily, it is the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo can provide the Viking fix you need. Focusing on three Viking ships and their burial sites, the museum provides an incredible insight into the life of the Vikings, which is much more unique than many other museums which focus on their trading history. Instead, this museum focuses on what they found.


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In a few years time the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History will be opening a new, fantastic museum building which will be an extension of the present day Viking Ship Museum on Bygdøy. This exhibition contains some of the numerous artefacts which will be on display in the new museum when it opens. The exhibition has been designed by Snøhetta.