Welcome at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde
The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde is the home of five world famous Viking ships and it is the Danish museum for ships, seafaring and boatbuilding culture in ancient and medieval times.
The museum is known for the unique synergi between the exhibition of the original Viking ships and the museum's interactive environment, where you can experience reconstructed Viking ships, excellent boatbuilding and specialized, martime crafts.
Here, tales of our maritime past meet in a living and modern museum, where museum visitors are involved in history through active participation and dialogue.
The museum is beautifully located at Roskilde Fjord and consists of the Viking Ship Hall, the Museum Island with its boatyard and workshops, and museum harbor.
The Viking Ship Museum attracts guests from all over the world and is an important gathering place and recreation area, with a wide range of activities and events for both children and adults. This makes a visit to the Viking Ship Museum something special all year round.
News from the Viking Ship Museum
'Build a boat' workshop for creative children and adults
The public workshop ‘Build your own boat’ at the shipyard site opens on 21 of May.
New digital game: Help Astrid to solve the Museum Mystery
Help Astrid saving the Viking Ship Museum from a cunning theft.
Bring a smartphone, download the game for free -…
New exhibition brings 400-year-old naval battle to life
A cold October day in 1644, a dramatic naval battle is fought, which sends three warships to the bottom of the sea.…
The Viking Ship Museum is open again
We’ve prepared an exciting season with new activities under Corona-safe conditions.
Iron in the Viking ships - rivets and roves
The Vikings used iron rivets and roves when they build their ships. But in the construction of the Skuldelev 3…
Marine archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark find warship from the 17th century
The ship is most likely the Danish warship 'Delmenhorst', the last of the three sunken warships from the 'Battle of…
Read more about the discovery of a Danish warship that has been missing for almost 400 years.
Marine archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum examine the last of the sunken warships from the Battle of the…
