| The best preserved Viking Ships are on display at The Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy |
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| Norway - Museums, Norway |
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ships were found in three large burial mounds on the farms of Oseberg,
Gokstad and Tune, in eastern Norway. The Oseberg ship was built in
about 820 AD, and had been a sailing vessel before it was reused as a
burial ship for a prominent woman who died in 834 AD. The Gokstad ship
was built around 890. AD and was used in the burial of a powerful
chieftain who died in about 900. The Tune ship was built in about 900
AD. The two female skeletons from Oseberg and the male skeleton from
Gokstad are also on display. Unique treasures and handicrafts from the
graves are also on view.The Museum was designed for the Viking ships by the famous Architect Arnstein Arenberg. The Oseberg part of the Museum opened for the public in 1926, the last part of the Museum was opened in 1957. Every year almost 400.000 people visit the Viking Ship Museum, a part of the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. Huk Aveny 35, 0287 Oslo. Phone 22 13 52 80 Take the Bygdøy-ferry to “Dronningen” (summer-season only) Bus no. 30 to “Vikingskipshuset”. Open all days 2. May – 30. September 9 – 18 1. October – 30 April 10 - 16 Entrance fee: 50/30 NOK www.khm.uio.no The Historical Museum The Historical Museum was opened for the public in 1904 and is one of Norway’s finest examples of the Jugend (Art Nouveau) architectural style. The Museum has beautiful exhibitions with items of interest from the Viking Age, especially weapons, Norse gods and jewellery. Special for Norway is the great amount of wooden medieval buildings. The museum contains a large number of stave church doorways and a painted wooden ceiling from a 1200 century stave church with scenes from the Creation. Ethnographic exhibitions present non-western cultures; Africa, South- and North America, East Asia, the Arctic and Ancient Egypt. In the Arctic collection are some of the items from the famous Norwegian Pole explorer Roald Amundsen and his ship Gjøa. The Museum has also an exentisive programme for the public and changing exhibitions with different themes. In June 2009 we open an exhbition about Pilgrims and pilgrimage. The Historical Museum is a part of the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. Frederiks gate 2, 0164 Oslo. Phone 22 85 19 00 Five minutes walk from the Royal Palace Open Tuesday to Sunday 15. May to 14 September 10 – 17 15. September to 14. May 11 – 16 Admission free www.khm.uio.no |
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