Viking Ship Museum, Oslo
F2. Maritime Culture, Heritage, Archaeology, Art and MuseumsDefinition
Houses the Oseberg, Gokstad, and Tune ships, now part of Museum of the Viking Age.
An Oslo museum at Bygdoy, opened 1926 to 1957, displaying the Oseberg (built c. 820 AD, excavated 1904), Gokstad (c. 890 AD, excavated 1880), and Tune ships recovered from Viking-age burial mounds in southeast Norway. The Oseberg ship is the most complete Viking vessel found, buried with carved sledges, a cart, and two women. The collection moved into the new Museum of the Viking Age, with reopening scheduled for 2027 after reconstruction.
Source: Viking Ship Museum, Bygdoy, Oslo; Oseberg ship (built c. 820, excavated 1904), Gokstad ship (c. 890, excavated 1880); now Museum of the Viking Age.