The Gjellestad excavation
What is hidden in the Gjellestad ship? Hear, see and read about the latest finds, the latest interpretations and other, exciting updates from the excavation.
Explore the exhibitions in 360 degrees
Now you can experience the viking ships Oseberg, Gokstad and Tune, and the exhibitions of VÍKINGR, The Medieval Gallery, Transformation, Collapse and America at The Historical Museum, digitally from your mobile phone or computer.
Digital tour of VÍKINGR
Join Professor Marianne Vedeler on a tour of this unique exhibit, designed by Snøhetta..
Reduced opening hours
Due to a break in the negotiations between NHO Service og Handel, Parat and Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund (NAF), several of our two museums' security guards have gone on strike. This has consequences for our opening hours.
Welcome to our two museums
The Viking Ship Museum
The world's best preserved viking ships! The Oseberg, Gokstad and Tune ships were originally ocean-going vessels before they were hauled ashore to be used in burial rituals for their rich owners. Study the ships and the Viking treasures up close!
Reduced opening hours
The Viking Ship Museum is closed due to a security guard strike until Thursday 1 October. Normal opening hours do not apply during this period.
- Open Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–16:00, Mondays closed
The Historical Museum
Make a date with history! See Norway's largest collection of historical artifacts, housed in our beautiful Art Nouveau building. Visit the country’s oldest skull, exquisite Viking treasures, Egyptian mummies and a multitude of ethnographic exhibitions from Africa, to name a few.
Reduced opening hours
The Historical Museum is closed due to a security guard strike until Thursday 1 October. Normal opening hours do not apply during this period.
- Open Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–16:00, Mondays closed
- Closed: May 1 and 17, December 24; 25; 26 and 31
Two museums in one ticket!
Tickets give you admission to both museums for 48 hours.
There is no need to buy tickets online. Ticket offices are located at the museum entrances.
Free admisson for refugees
Research events
News from the Museum of Cultural History
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Large DNA study of Vikings
Sep. 17, 2020 10:20 AM
Six years of work with Viking DNA published in Nature this week.
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The Viking helmet from Yarm
Sep. 11, 2020 10:37 AM
Finally this rejected and neglected museum object has been brought into the light, and the Gjermundbu helmet is no longer the only Viking helmet in the world!