Opening hours

Open every day

The Viking Ship Museum is open every day with activities, exciting stories and guided tours.

Besøg Vikingeskibshallen og se de fem Skuldelevskibe

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.

 

Listen to Audio guide with dramatic stories about the Viking Ships

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. 

Sail out on Roskilde Fjord in the descendants of Viking ships all summer at the Viking Ship Museum. Copyright: Werner Karrasch, Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde

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.

» Read more about the daily summer sailing trips
 

[Translate to English:] Aftensejlads på Roskilde Fjord

Evening sailing trips

Sail into the sunset while experiencing the special atmosphere on the water as day turns to evening.

» Read more about the evening sailing trips

[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.

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.

» Read more about our sailing courses