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Gold jewellery from the 10th century Hiddensee treasure, mixing Norse pagan and Christian symbols. Pair of "tortoise brooches," which were worn by married Viking women. Viking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly in the British Isles and Iceland—during the Viking Age of the ...
The Lofotr Viking Museum (Norwegian: Lofotr Vikingmuseum) is a historical museum based on a reconstruction and archaeological excavation of a Viking chieftain's village on the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Borg, near Bøstad, in Vestvågøy Municipality. [1]
Waterford Treasures is a group of museums in and related to the city of Waterford in Ireland.It consists of four entities branded as museums (the Medieval Museum, Irish Silver Museum, Irish Museum of Time, Irish Wake Museum) and a historic building, the former Bishop's Palace, all located in adjacent, and another historic building, Reginald's Tower, which contains the Waterford Viking Museum.
Viking Age art is a term for the art of Scandinavia and Viking settlements elsewhere, especially in the British Isles, during the Viking Age. The Vikings were active in the Nordic countries between the late Early Middle Ages and the early portion of the High Middle Ages .
The Faroe Islands National Museum has exhibitions in the museum building at Brekkutún 6 in Tórshavn. The galleries tell the natural and cultural history of the Faroe Islands. This stretches from the origin of the landmass dating back 65 million years, through the pre-settlement era and the culture of the Viking Ages and the Middle Ages.
Dublinia features historical reenactment, with actors playing the roles of Vikings and Medieval Dubliners (in full costume) and encourages visitors to join in. It has recreations of Viking and Medieval-era buildings (houses, etc) and street scenes. [1] The exhibition was opened in 1993, [2] and was redeveloped in 2010 at a cost of €2 million ...
Viking Ship Museum (Roskilde) Viking World museum This page was last edited on 18 November 2022, at 13:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The museum was established in 1968, after archaeologists from the Moesgård Museum had excavated the site in 1963-1964 in connection with the construction of an office building. The museum underwent a renovation in 2008. The Viking Museum is in situ, ie. situated upon the very site of the archaeological excavations it exhibits. [1]