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Reconstruction of a Viking boat

The Norwegian Maritime Museum, in collaboration with the Cultural History Museum will exhibit one of the Viking boats from the Gokstad discovery and build a replica in the museum's new boat building workshop. The public will be able to see boat building and experimental archeology up close.

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    Boat builder Lars is examining the Viking boat, that is going to be exhibited in the Norwegian Maritime Museum. Norsk Maritimt Museum

Exhibition and boat building

With a focus on Viking-era and boat building, we invite you in to a new exhibition and boat building workshop KLINK. In the exhibition "Viking Age boat builder" you can see one of the original boats from the "Gokstad" discovery. The Viking boat builders produced high-speed craft with greater craftsmanship than ever before. 

The main part of the exhibition will be a reconstruction of one of the smaller boats from the "Gokstad" discovery. The reconstruction work will be carried out with scientific and experimental methods that can provide unknown knowledge about the Vikings' vessels. The public will be able to see boat building and experimental archeology up close. 

The replica will be used for dissemination and experiences for a long time to come, and will be a lasting investment in the future development of the museum environment on Bygdøy.The boat building project will last for the next four years, and is supported by Sparebankstiftelsen and the UNI Foundation.

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    Reconstruction drawing made by Fredrik Johannessen, published i 1940

Welcome to KLINK and the Boat Hall

See the short film of what you can experience in KLINK and the Boat Hall.

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  • Beate Kjørslevik

Visit KLINK

The boat building workshop KLINK and the exhibition "Viking Age boat builder" is now showing in the Norwegian Maritime Museum on DECK U. In our cinema you can also see two short films about the Viking Ships, showing every 15. min. 

The new museum of the Viking age

The Viking ship museum in Bygdøy is now closed to make way for a fantastic new museum building. In the Norwegian Maritime Museum is the only opportunity to see one of the Viking boats from the Gokstad discovery. This exhibition is a collaboration with the Cultural History Museum and will show for four years, while a new museum building is being built for the existing collections at the new Museum of the Viking Age.

Museum24:Portal - 2024.03.19
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