News from the Viking Ship Museum
The Viking Ship Museum writes news about current topics we work with at the museum.
Here you can find stories about the boatbuilders' new building projects at the boatyard, the marine archaeologists' excavations and research results as well as information on current exhibitions and activities.
News from is archived by year and can be found by searching in the search box or clicking on the current year in the list under archived news.
Researchers to investigate whether Costa Rica shipwrecks are Danish slave ships
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: Tuesday 11/7 from 10:00
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.](/frontend/_processed_/d/3/csm_2015_05_27_15_41_56_WK_f42936908a.jpg "[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.")
Children from schools for children with special needs get the courage to to do new things at the Viking Ship Museum
A three-year collaboration with Rosenkilde School under The Autism Centre West Zealand have taught us how to create…
Large donations ensure a safe and future-proof home for Roskilde’s Viking ships
With private donations totalling 135 million kroner from VILLUM FONDEN, Augustinus Fonden and Aage og Johanne…
Skuldelev 3 revisited: a window to the past
The new reconstruction of Skuldelev 3 has already provided many new insights on Viking Age boatbuilding during the…
![[Translate to english:] UNESCO anerkender klinkbådstraditioner](/frontend/_processed_/2/3/csm_2008_07_14_21_51_40_3312_unesco_c2d152e5e3.jpg "[Translate to english:] UNESCO anerkender klinkbådstraditioner")
UNESCO have inscribed Nordic clinker boat traditions on the list of intangible heritage of humanity.
The clinker-built boats of the North – and the traditions associated with them – have now been officially…
New and instructive film about withy
The films show how withy is being developed and used while sailing
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 -…
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…
