Dragons of the Northern Seas 2015

In 2014, a collborative project began with Aarhus University, Museum of Southwest Jutland and the National Museum of Denmark, resulting in a temporary exhibition at Suzhou Museum, in China.

The project was an intergrated element of the Ministry of Culture's 'China strategy', where Museum of Southwest Jutland and Suzhou Museum had planned an education and outreach initiative, focused on Danish cultural history during the Viking Age, as part of a Museum twinning agreement.

The Viking Ship Museum was contributing to the projects by loaning:

  • Eik Sande, a reconstruction of the large Gokstad boat
  • A copy of the stem from Skuldelev 3
  • A dragon-head from the reconstructed longship, Helge Ask
  • The ship's vane from Sea Stallion
  • A Hedeby coin, dating from 825 - 830 AD

The exhibition at Suzhou Museum was shown from 28. March - 28. June 2015