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.

Archieved news 2023
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…

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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…

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Cleaving oak for Skuldelev 5

07/07-2023

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

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[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…

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