Opening hours
Open every day
The Viking Ship Museum is open every day with activities, exciting stories and guided tours.
Exhibitions
The museum displays both permanent and temporary exhibitions.
Read more about the museum's current exhibitions here.
Activities
The Viking Ship Museum offers a lot of exciting activities and experiences on land and water for the whole family.
Audioguides
Listen to exciting and dramatic stories about Viking ships and voyages.
There are audio guides for children and adults
Visit the Maritime Archaeologists' DocuLab
At the Museum Island, you can visit the Maritime Archaeologists' DocuLab. Here, archaeologists are working on documenting two remarkable shipwrecks.
The Museum Shop
Shop a large selection of Nordic design and museum copies. Access to the Museum Shop is free.
food inspired by the world of the Vikings
Café Knarr is located on Museum Lake with a view of the beautiful wooden boats.
It serves food inspired by the world of the Vikings.
Sailing trips
From 1 May until 30 September you can experience what it was to be a Viking on board of one of the Viking Ship Museum's traditional Nordic boats.
Daily summer sailing trips
Experience what it was like to be a Viking at sea in a traditional Nordic wooden boat. We sail every day from 1 May to 30 September.
Evening sailing trips
Sail into the sunset while experiencing the special atmosphere on the water as day turns to evening.
Learn how to sail a Viking Ship - day course
Get the ultimate sailing experience on the day courses held on board one of the museum's recreated Viking ships.








![Evening sailings at Roskilde Fjord [Translate to English:] Aftensejlads på Roskilde Fjord](/frontend/_processed_/a/a/csm_2009_08_20_18_23_29_WK_9deed75754.jpg)
![Helge Ask [Translate to English:] Få en ultimativ sejladsoplevelse på vores dagskurser i vikingeskibssejlads. Vi tilbringer en hel dag med ombord i et af museets genskabte vikingeskibe.](/frontend/_processed_/5/4/csm_2017_06_03_11_52_11_WK_cards_d70d0a0989.jpg)