Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde: Vikingeskibsmuseet i Roskilde

The Viking Ship Museum is closed due to COVID-19

Have a virtual look into the Viking Ship Hall

Click at the photo to have a look into the Viking Ship Hall through Google Street View.

Visit the Virtual Museum

Although the Viking Ship Museum is closed due to the COVID-19 situation, it is actually still possible to take a walk among the world-famous Viking ships.
Not a physical tour, but a virtual tour.

► Click here or at the photo to have a look into the Viking Ship Hall through Google Street View.

We look forward to welcoming you inside the Viking Ship Museum as soon as possible again.
Until then, be careful and remember that the Viking Ship Museum's website is full of exciting stories about the Viking Age, Viking ships, boatbuilding, navigation and maritime crafts.

► Click here to get to the pages of e-learning and knowledge

Welcome inside our virtual museum

Important information to our guests

The Viking Ship Museum is closed

As a result of the COVID-19 situation, The Viking Ship Museum will remain closed until further notice. The date of the reopening of the museum depends on the development of the situation.

We look forward to welcoming you at the Viking Ship Museum again as soon as possible - stay tuned here on our site and/or social media accounts for updates.

More information about COVID-19 and the Viking Ship Museum

Our most sincere apologies to all our guests, not least those of you who have travelled far to visit us.

Should you have any questions, please contact us by phone +45 46 300 200 – or feel free to write to us via e-mail: museum(a)vikingeskibsmuseet.dk or our Facebook or Instagram accounts.

We continue to follow the authorities' recommendations, and our most important priority will always be the safety of our employees and guests.

We will continue to monitor the situation closely and will update as soon as new is available. Until then, take good care of each other and remember that the Viking Ship Museum's website is full of exciting stories about the Viking Age, Viking ships, boatbuilding, navigation and maritime crafts.

► Click here to get to the pages of e-learning, teaching and historical knowledge.

Longer response time

Due to COVID-19, the Viking Ship Museum has had to send most of its employees home. You are still very welcome to contact us, but we can only respond to inquiries on Mondays.

Welcome at the Viking Ship museum in Roskilde

The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde is the home of five world famous Viking ships and is the Danish museum for ships, seafaring and boatbuilding culture in ancient and medieval times.

News from the Viking Ship Museum

Armed with spears and shields, the trial participants leave the ship by jumping over thegunwale in the forebody of the ship and then run ashore – Fotos: Catherina Sahl.

Knowledge: Viking-Age seaborne military operations

Published 30th Mar 2020

Seaborne military operations were a trademark of Scandinavian Viking warriors. These operations were characterized…

[Translate to english:] Kom med på en unik tur på Roskilde Fjord

Evening boat trips 2020

Published 27th Mar 2020

Genuine sailing experience in a traditional, Nordic boat with oars, sail - and with the scent of wood tar in the…

New course: 'Fish and eat'

Published 02th Dec 2019

The Viking Ship Museum offers a new course in Viking Age fishing, where you will have the opportunity to try out…

Free Guided tour in English: Canceled due to COVID-19

Published 30th Oct 2019

The Viking Ship Museum offers daily guided tours in English every day. The guided tours are free once you’ve bought…

The Viking Ship Hall has been removed from the list of protected buildings and the five Viking ships can now be secured for the future

Published 30th Aug 2018

Due to expected rising water levels in Roskilde Fjord in the coming future, Denmark's Minister for Culture Mette…

The Viking ships have made their mark in the Nordic, maritime culture. Today's Nordic, wooden boats are still being built based on the same tradition as in the Viking Age.

UNESCO ICH Nordic clinker boat nomination

Published 02th Jul 2019

Nomination for the inscription of Nordic Clinker Boat Traditions on UNESCOS Representative List of the Intangible…

In 2016, the Viking ship 'Skjoldungen' conducted an experimental journey along the west coast of Greenland. This year's experimental journey is about 775 nautical miles, from the Sognefjord area in Norway to Roskilde in Denmark. Photo: John Rasmussen

775 nautical miles for the Nordic clinker-building tradition

Published 08th Jul 2019

This summer, Skjoldungen, the Viking Ship Museum’s reconstruction of the smallest of the Viking ships found at…

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Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde

Feel the presence of history when you stand before the five original Viking ships that bear witness to war, trade and sea voyages to distant places.
The Viking Ship Museum focuses on the Vikings' maritime craftsmanship and their impressive ships.
Follow the work in the Boatyard, visit our large boat collection in the Museum Harbour and try your hand at Viking crafts.

From 1st May to 30th September, you can sail out on Roskilde Fjord every day and experience what it was like to be a Viking on board one of the Viking Ship Museum’s traditional Nordic boats, which are the direct descendents of Viking ships.