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Jun 4, 2024 · The Viking Ship Museum is closed for rebuilding. It will reopen as the Museum of the Viking Age in 2027. The objects are being conserved, but you can see other exquisite objects from the Viking Age at the Historical Museum in the middle of Oslo city centre.
The museum is most famous for the completely whole Oseberg ship, excavated from the largest known ship burial in the world. Other main attractions at the Viking Ship Museum are the Gokstad ship and Tune ship. Additionally, the Viking Age display includes sledges, beds, a horse cart, wood carving, tent components, buckets and other grave goods.
9,950 reviews. #23 of 542 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! Experience the best-preserved Viking Ships in the world and unique burial artefacts from boat graves around the Oslo Fjord.
Nov 27, 2012 · Welcome to the Viking ship museum. 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.
History of the Viking Ship Museum. The Viking Ship Museum is a national symbol that houses what is probably Norway’s most important contribution to world cultural heritage: the ships and grave goods from the major ship burial sites at Oseberg and Gokstad, Tune and Borre.
Aug 8, 2023 · 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.
Oct 1, 2021 · News. The Viking Ship Museum is now closed. Today, October 1 st 2021, a new chapter begins for Norway's most iconic cultural heritage: After 95 years of operation, the Viking Ship Museum has closed its doors - and reappears in a completely new guise in five years.
