Welcome to the Viking Ship Museum

1000 years ago, the Vikings sailed along the shores of Europe, up rivers and across the open sea throughout the North Atlantic area.

Ships are the essence of the Viking Age. With them, the Scandinavian countries were founded.

The Viking Ship Museum is built around the five original Viking ships from Skuldelev. They are part of a global story about ships, people and things on voyages.

The museum tells the story of how the Vikings changed the World with their ships.

Without ships, no Viking Age.

Viking Ship Museum opening hours

Opening hours

The museum is open every day.
Find opening hours and admission prices here.

Daily boat trips on Roskilde Fjord – from May 1st to September 30th

Boat trips on Roskilde Fjord

Boat trips with oars and sails every day from May 1st to September 30th.

The museum features both permanent and temporary exhibitions.

Exhibitions

The museum features both permanent and temporary exhibitions.
Read more about the museum’s current exhibitions here.


News from the Viking Ship Museum

The construction of the Viking ship Skuldelev 5 continues. Copyright: Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde

Exploring the mysteries of the Viking Age Warship Skuldelev 5

06/05-2025

The fourth season of work on the full-scale reconstruction of the 17 m long warship from the Viking Age has now…

A new and ambitious home for the Viking ships in Roskilde

12/01-2024

The winner of the architect competition for the New Viking Ship Museum has been found. On 11 January 2024, the…

In the Marine Archaeologists' Workshop, you can follow the exploration of two shipwrecks discovered during construction work in the port of Copenhagen.

Dive into the Past: Explore Shipwrecks at the DocuLab

11/12-2023

The exploration of two remarkable shipwrecks found in 12 meters of water during the construction of the artificial…

In the next few days, marine archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum and the National Museum of Denmark will be diving down to the remains of two ships off the coast of Costa Rica. The investigation seeks to determine whether these are the wrecks of two 18th-century Danish slave ships. Photo: Andreas K. Bloch / Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde

Researchers to investigate whether Costa Rica shipwrecks are Danish slave ships

07/09-2023

In the next few days, marine archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum and the National Museum of Denmark will be…

Cleaving oak for Skuldelev 5

07/07-2023

The boatbuilders are cleaving oak for Skuldelev 5: Tuesday 11/7 from 10:00

[Translate to english:] Silas Tavs Ravn er formidlingsmedarbejder med særligt ansvar for håndværksformidling. Han har været den primære underviser i forløbene med eleverne fra Rosenkilde Skole under Autismecenter Vestsjælland.

Børn fra specialskole får nyt mod

06/03-2023

A three-year collaboration with Rosenkilde School under The Autism Centre West Zealand have taught us how to create…

With private donations, financing is now in place to secure the five Viking ships in Roskilde for posterity.

A safe home for Roskilde’s Viking ships

23/06-2022

With private donations totalling 135 million kroner from VILLUM FONDEN, Augustinus Fonden and Aage og Johanne…