Viking Ship Museum

Another of the museums on Bygdøy Peninsula, the Viking Ship Museum displays a surprisingly decorative collection of Viking grave goods discovered around Oslo Fjord but is best known for the Viking ships that are elegantly displayed in pristine white galleries.
Three ninth-century longboats were excavated in southern Norway after centuries of being buried in peat. The wooden ships have been painstakingly reconstructed and – despite their lengthy incarceration – are virtually complete. The finest is the Oseberg boat, which discovered in 1903 after more than a thousand years underground. Due to its rich ornamentation, experts believe it was constructed purposefully for the burial of wealthy Vikings.
A visit to the Viking Ship Museum also includes entrance to the Norwegian ethnographic collection in the Museum of Cultural History, where artifacts include Egyptian mummies and medieval decorative arts.

Practical Info

The Viking Ship Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. between May and September and from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in October through April. General admission costs 60NOK, while entrance costs 35 NOK for students and seniors and 30 NOK for youth under the age of 16. To reach the museum, bus 30 can be taken to Bygdøy or the ferry can be taken from Pier 3M.