- Tuesday–Sunday, 11:00–16:00
- closed on Mondays
Fabulous Animals
The Vikings and their ancestors looked upon animals with awe and admiration. Enter a world where the relationship with animals was completely different from today.
VÍKINGR
Become acquainted with Viking war culture and their journeys, and how society changed during the Viking era.
MEMORY ON THE HORIZON
MEMORY ON THE HORIZON – Studio photographies – Somalia 1960–1980. Open 18.09-30.12.
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.
Opening hours
The Viking Ship Museum: Closed
The Viking Ship Museum is now closed for rebuilding. We will reopen as the Museum of the Viking Age in 2025.
Research events
- The Viking Age as a Foreign Place Nov. 24, 2021 12:00 AM
- Nordic TAG 2022 Apr. 21, 2022 5:30 PM
News from the Museum of Cultural History
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The Viking Ship Museum is now closed
Oct. 1, 2021 11:55 AM
Today, October 1 st 2021, a new chapter begins for Norway's most iconic cultural heritage: After 95 years of operation, the Viking Ship Museum has closed its doors - and reappears in a completely new guise in five years.
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Q&A: Conservators dusting in the Medieval Hall
June 9, 2021 11:09 AM
Our paintings conservators, Kaja Kollandsrud and Linn Solheim will dust and make the Medieval Hall ready for opening, after 6 months with a corona-closed museum.