Viking Ship Museum (Oslo)
{{Short description|Museum in Oslo, Norway}}
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The Viking Ship Museum ({{langx|no|Vikingskipshuset på Bygdøy}}) is located on the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo, Norway. It is temporarily closed from September 2021 until 2027.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vikingtidsmuseet.no/index.html|title=Vikingstidmuseet|date=24 March 2024}}
It is part of the Museum of Cultural History of the University of Oslo, and houses three Viking era burial ships that were found as part of archaeological finds from Tune, Gokstad (Sandefjord), Oseberg (Tønsberg) and the Borre mound cemetery.Vikingskipshuset på Bygdøy [https://snl.no/Vikingskipshuset_p%C3%A5_Bygd%C3%B8y Vikingskipshuset på Bygdøy (Store norske leksikon)]
Attractions
The museum is most famous for the completely whole Oseberg ship, excavated from the largest known ship burial in the world. Other
main attractions at the Viking Ship Museum are the Gokstad ship and Tune ship. Additionally, the Viking Age display includes sledges, beds, a horse cart, wood carving, tent components, buckets and other grave goods.[http://www.khm.uio.no/english/ Viking Ship Museum(Oslo)] {{in lang|en}}
History
In 1913, Swedish professor Gabriel Gustafson proposed a specific building to house Viking Age finds that were discovered at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The Gokstad and Oseberg ships had been stored in temporary shelters at the University of Oslo. An architectural contest was held, and Arnstein Arneberg won.
The hall for the Oseberg ship was built with funding from the Parliament of Norway, and the ship was moved from the University shelters in 1926. The halls for the ships from Gokstad and Tune were completed in 1932. Building of the last hall was delayed, partly due to the Second World War, and this hall was completed in 1957. It houses most of the other finds, mostly from Oseberg.[http://www.transparent.com/norwegian/vikingskipshuset/ Vikingskipshuset] November 8, 2009
=Museum extension=
On 20 December 2000 the University of Oslo had supported a proposal by the Historical Museum to move the ships and all the grave goods to a proposed new museum in Bjørvika, Oslo. There has been much debate about this suggestion, both in the museum and archaeological community as well as in the media. Opponents to the move have raised concerns that the ships are too fragile and that they will not survive the move undamaged, while proponents claim otherwise, suggesting a move could go ahead without inflicting serious damage to the finds.[http://blog.norway.com/2009/10/27/the-viking-ships-will-stay-at-bygd%C3%B8y/ The Viking ships will probably stay at Bygdøy] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006190939/http://blog.norway.com/2009/10/27/the-viking-ships-will-stay-at-bygd%C3%B8y/ |date=October 6, 2011 }}
In 2015 Statsbygg announced a competition for the expansion of existing facilities at Bygdøy. The winner of the architectural competition was announced on 12 April 2016: the Danish firm AART architects with their proposal titled "NAUST".{{cite web|url= https://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/13/aart-architects-competition-extension-oslo-viking-age-museum-norway-cultural-architecture-news/|title= AART to add looping extension to Oslo Viking museum|date= 13 April 2016|publisher= aart-architects|access-date= September 1, 2017}}
Gallery
File:Exhibition in Viking Ship Museum, Oslo 01.jpg|Oseberg Ship prow
File:NO-vikingskiphuset-oseberg-05.jpg|Animal Head Post from Viking Ship Museum
File:Vikingskipmuseet oslo.jpg|Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy
File:Wikingerschiff Oslo.jpg|Oseberg Ship in Viking Ship Museum
File:安妮•S•英格斯塔Anne Stine Ingstad (1918–1997)和她的丈夫 Helge Ingstad - panoramio.jpg|Bust of Anne Stine and Helge Ingstad outside Viking Ship Museum
File:Inside Viking Ship Museum, Oslo 01.jpg
File:Exhibition in Viking Ship Museum, Oslo 03.jpg
File:Tools in Viking Ship Museum, Oslo.jpg
File:Oseberg ship - IMG 9186.jpg
File:Gokstad Ship June 2012.jpg
See also
References
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Other sources
- Brøgger, A. W. and Schetelig, H. Osebergfundet (Oslo. 1917)
- Brøgger A.W. and Shetelig, H. Vikingskipene deres forgjenger og etterfølgere (Oslo. 1950)
- Christensen, Arne Emil Kongsgårdens håndtverkere, Osebergdronningens grav, vår arkeologiske nasjonalskatt i nytt lys (Oslo. 1992)
- Ingstad, Anne Stine Hva har tekstilene vært brukt til? Osebergdronningens grav (Oslo. 1992)
External links
{{Commons|Vikingskipshuset, Oslo}}
- [https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/ Viking Ship Museum website]
- [http://www.arild-hauge.com/vikingskipshuset-oslo.htm Viking Ship Museum picture gallery]
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Category:Maritime museums in Norway