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Museum of the Viking Age

Illustration of a viking ship in an exhibition.

The world's leading Viking museum

The Viking Ship Museum is closed and will reopen in 2027 as the Museum of the Viking Age.

At the Museum of the Viking Age, you can experience the world's best-preserved Viking ships and more than 5500 other objects from the Viking Era. As a research museum, we are responsible for the preservation of these national treasures, for both the present and for future generations.

The Viking Ship Museum is closed, visit Viking exhibitions at the Historical Museum

The Viking Ship Museum is closed for rebuilding. It will reopen as the Museum of the Viking Age in 2027. In the meantime, you can visit Viking exhibitions at the Historical Museum in the middle of Oslo city centre.