Easter Holiday
Viking ships weren't just carriers of exotic goods from distant lands. They also brought new ideas from the outside world and major cultural changes to Scandinavia.
Viking kings moved away from pagan customs to gain greater political power in Europe, and Christianity also quietly took hold of the Nordic peoples.
Holidays like Easter were celebrated for the very first time in the Nordic countries at the end of the Viking Age.
Child-friendly activities
Every day during the Easter holidays, the Viking king Svend Tveskæg invites you to go on a voyage around the world to bring the most important new goods and ideas back to Denmark.
On the voyage, you will meet merchants from three of the great trading cities of the Viking Age; Hedeby, Paris and Constantinople.
What do you think the king will be most excited for you to bring home?
A barrel filled with a blood-red drink that the French merchant Claude calls ‘red wine’? Or perhaps the small fragrant pieces of bark that the merchant Wasim calls ‘cinnamon’ will appeal to the king?
Take the family tour ‘Go on a voyage around the world’, choose exotic gifts for the king and be rewarded for your efforts with a real silver coin.
In the Hamlet, you can make your very own leather purse to store your hard-earned silver coin.
Easter Holiday Activities
12 - 21 April 2025
Guided tours:
11.00: Family tour - Go on a voyage around the world
13.00: Guided tour of the Viking Ship Hall (ENG)
14.00: Family tour - Go on a voyage around the world
Activities:
- Make your own purse in the workshop in Børnebygden
- Visit the Boatyard where boats are built on weekdays
- Solve the Museum Mystery with Astrid (via USEEUM app)
- Listen to the Audio Guide, with tracks for both adults and children (via USEEUM app)
- Climb Aboard the exhibition, where children and adults can go on a trading voyage
- Visit the Hamlet and let the kids play like the Vikings
Admission:
Family ticket for 2 adults and all children under 18: 230 DKK
Adult: 125 DKK
Season pass:180 DKK
Children 0 – 17 years: always free entry
Go on a voyage around the world!
During the Easter holidays you can go on a family tour of Viking Age Europe.
You'll travel to the trading cities of Hedeby, Paris and Constantinople to find gifts to impress the Danish king. Here you'll meet the merchants Ottar, Claude and Wasim, with whom you can exchange both goods and ideas.
At the end, everyone will receive a real silver coin for their courage in the face of all that is new.
The family tour starts at 11.00 and 14.00. (The tour is best suited for children aged 5-13 with their families).
Make your own leather purse
The sailors had leather purses that were practical for both children and adults to carry various small items. It could be a fire steel, a few coins or a protective amulet.
In the workshop you can make your own leather purse and decorate it with a small bead. You can use the purse to carry various items with you when you have learnt how to become a real sailor on the family tour.
It is also possible to make a purse without joining the family tour.
The workshop starts at 10:30 and ends at 15:30
Guided Tours in the Viking Ship Hall
We take a close look at the five original Viking ships from Skuldelev that sailed Roskilde Fjord 1000 years ago.
The ships vary in size, appearance and shape, and their differences reveal secrets about the people who sailed and used the ships for war, trade and their daily lives in the Viking Age.
The tour starts at 13.00
Play in the Hamlet
The Hamlet in the lower floor of the Viking Ship Hall is the Viking Ship Museum's space for children. Here you can travel 1000 years back in time to the everyday life of the Vikings.
In the Hamlet at the Viking Ship Museum, there is room for adventurous stories to unfold.
Pack a chest for the Viking trader, tuck wooden dolls into a goatskin duvet or cook a feast over the fireplace for those returning from the conquest.
The Maritime Archaeologists' DocuLab
You can also get up close to the past and go behind the scenes in the Maritime Archaeologists' Doculab. Here you can learn about how the museum's maritime archaeologists work and see some of the finds excavated from the seabed around Denmark.
Without the work of maritime archaeologists, we would lack knowledge about Viking trading culture.
You'll find the Maritime Archaeologists' Doculab on Museum Island next to Café Knarr.
Audioguide og MuseumsMysteriet
Lyt jer til viden om vikingernes skibe, sejladser og om liver for 1000 år siden.
Museets audioguide er tilrettelagt, så hele familien kan være med. Lydfortællingerne kan høres i 3 forskellige spor, der henvennder sig til børn, voksne og dem der virkelig vil gå i dybden med viden om vikingernes skibe.
Børn kan også prøve kræfter med det digitale spil MuseumsMysteriet, hvor I skal hjælpe med at stoppe en fæl museumstyv ved at løse gåder og finde ud af, hvad tyven pønser på at stjæle fra museet.
MuseumsMysteriet og fortællingerne i audioguiden kan hentes via museums-app’en ’Useeum’ .
Museumsbutik
Når du besøger museet, kan du lægge vejen forbi Museumsbutikken hvor findes et stort udvalg af smykker, tekstiler og brugsgenstande i nordisk design og med inspiration fra vikingetiden.
Museumsbutikken lægger vægt på godt håndværk og naturlige materialer.
Vi har også spil, legetøj, byggesæt og spændende litteratur, til både børn og voksne og fagligt interesserede, med fortællinger og sagaer fra vikingetiden og faglig viden om den nordiske maritime kultur.
Café Knarr
Her serveres mad, der er inspireret af vikingernes verden.
Vi benytter os af de råvarer, der var kendt af vikingerne, så her er hverken kartofler, tomater eller agurker, men fladbrød, kvan, havtorn og perlebyg.
Når sulten melder sig, kan I nyde en pause i hyggelige og varme omgivelser i caféen på Museumsøen