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.
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…
Full-day course 'Learn to sail a Viking ship'
Do you want to try sailing a Viking ship in Roskilde Fjord?
You can now book the sailing experience of a lifetime…
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…
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…
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…