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.
Christmas gifts bought in the Museum Shop can be exchanged up to one month after the reopening of the museum.
News from the Viking Ship Museum
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…
The Gislinge-boat sent for filming in Ireland
One of the Viking Ship Museum's reconstructions - the Gislinge-boat Langø, was sent to Ireland on Monday. There it…
![[Translate to english:] Byt entrébilletten til et sæsonpas – Ved køb af billet indtil den 31. august 2020, får du et sæsonpas på hånden og fri entré til Vikingeskibsmuseet på alle åbningsdage i resten af 2020.](/frontend/_processed_/a/a/csm_Saesonpas2020_f6a04927f4.jpg "[Translate to english:] Byt entrébilletten til et sæsonpas – Ved køb af billet indtil den 31. august 2020, får du et sæsonpas på hånden og fri entré til Vikingeskibsmuseet på alle åbningsdage i resten af 2020.")
Season Pass for the Viking Ship Museum
Buy your ticket before 31 August 2020 and get unlimited access to the Viking Ship Museum for the rest of the year.
The Viking Ship Museum reopens to the public on June 8th
After almost three months without guests, the Viking Ship Museum can hardly wait to open its doors to the public on…
Alternative launch of the Sea Stallion from Glendalough
During this time of corona-virus, nothing is as usual - nor is the spring launch of the Viking Ship Museum's…
