- So there we were, so close to the Viking Ship museum and although a bit tired from visiting the Norsk Folkemuseum , that we had to see those Viking ships!
- The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark, is built around the five original Viking ships excavated at Skuldelev in Roskilde Fjord in 1962.
- Located in Oslo, the Viking Ship Museum is a part of Norway’s Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo.
- A visit to the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde – home of five world-famous Viking ships – offers exciting exhibitions and activities for the whole family.
- 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 Viking Ship Museum is situated on the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo, Norway. It’s part of the Museum of Cultural History of the University of Oslo.
- In 1913 Professor Gabriel Gustafson, who had led the excavation of the Oseberg Ship, proposed the building of a Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy.
- Set on Oslo’s Bygdoy Peninsula, the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset) houses an extensive collection of Viking-era artifacts discovered around Oslo Fjord.
- The ships sat in the water & mud for centuries prior to being excavated in 1962. In 1969, the Viking Ship Museum opened to showcase the five boats.
- The Viking Ship Museum in Oslo was established with the main purpose to preserve three big Viking ships discovered in various places in Norway.