Viking Ship Museum

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The Viking Ship Museum in Oslo is a renowned cultural institution that houses some of the world’s best-preserved Viking ships and artifacts, offering insight into Norse maritime history and craftsmanship.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological museum
maritime museum
museum
architect Arnstein Arneberg
city Oslo
collectionType Norse maritime objects
Viking artifacts
Viking ships
continent Europe
country Norway
focusesOn Norse maritime history
Viking craftsmanship
Viking shipbuilding
hasExhibition exhibition of grave goods from Oseberg and Gokstad
permanent exhibition of Viking ships
hasTheme Norse culture
Viking Age burial mounds
Viking seafaring
heritage Viking Age
inception 1926
languageOfName Norwegian
locatedIn Bygdøy
Bygdøy peninsula
Oslo
materialCulture organic Viking Age artifacts
wooden ships
notableExhibit Gokstad burial finds
Gokstad ship
Oseberg burial finds
Oseberg ship
Tune ship
Viking carts
Viking household items
Viking sledges
Viking textiles
Viking tools
officialName Vikingskipshuset
opened 1926
operatedBy Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
ownedBy University of Oslo
partOf University of Oslo
preservationRole conservation of Viking ships and artifacts
region Oslo County
significance houses some of the best-preserved Viking ships in the world
major institution for Viking Age cultural heritage
subjectOf Viking archaeology research
touristAttraction true

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Viking Ship Museum ("Oseberg ship")
Viking Ship Museum ("Oseberg burial finds")
notableExhibit
Oslo
hasLandmark
University of Oslo Museum of Cultural History
hasPart
Fram Museum
near
Viking Ship Museum ("Vikingskipshuset")
officialName

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