The Viking Museum ( da, Vikingemuseet) is a small underground museum in central
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
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Denmark. It is located at ''Sankt Clemens Torv'' (square of
St. Clement), beneath the
Nordea bank building. The Viking Museum is administered by the
Moesgård Museum
Moesgaard Museum (MOMU) is a Danish regional museum dedicated to archaeology and ethnography. It is located in Beder, a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark.
MOMU cooperates with the Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Medieval and Renaissance Archaeology ...
and financed by both Aarhus Municipality and Nordea.
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History
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
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
excavation
Excavation may refer to:
* Excavation (archaeology)
* Excavation (medicine)
* ''Excavation'' (The Haxan Cloak album), 2013
* ''Excavation'' (Ben Monder album), 2000
* ''Excavation'' (novel), a 2000 novel by James Rollins
* '' Excavation: A Memo ...
s it exhibits.human skeleton
The human skeleton is the internal framework of the human body. It is composed of around 270 bones at birth – this total decreases to around 206 bones by adulthood after some bones get fused together. The bone mass in the skeleton makes up a ...
. The museum provides information regarding the history of Viking Age Aarhus in general and also features copies of items on display at the much larger Moesgaard Museum
Moesgaard Museum (MOMU) is a Danish regional museum dedicated to archaeology and ethnography. It is located in Beder, a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark.
MOMU cooperates with the Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Medieval and Renaissance Archaeolo ...
to the south of Aarhus.
Gallery
File:Vikingemuseet 01.JPG, Viking Era display at Vikingemuseet
File:Vikingemuseet 4.JPG, Display of everyday items
File:Model of viking age Aarhus 05.JPG, Scale model of Aarhus in the Viking Age
File:Vikingemuseet 02.JPG, Viking Age runestone
See also
* Viking Ship Museum (Roskilde)
* Viking Ship Museum (Oslo)
References
External links
Viking Museum website
Moesgård Museum
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Museums in Aarhus
Museums in the Central Denmark Region
Viking Age museums
Tourist attractions in Aarhus
Archaeological museums in Denmark
Museums established in 1968
1968 establishments in Denmark