Oars splash into the water. The crew, ... The five vessels are now on display at the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum. Christened by Denmark’s Queen Margrethe in 2004, ...

One of Norway's most popular museums closes its doors today to begin a major refurbishment and expansion. But Oslo's Museum of the Viking Age will not reopen before 2025.

The shipbuilding museum has scheduled a June 2 event celebrating the arrival and completion of Polaris and then it’s on to Maritime Gloucester on Harbor Loop — preferably by oar and sail.

The Oseberg ship at the original (now closed) Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway. NurPhoto via Getty Images. Among other problems, the vibrations caused by visitors has caused damage to the ships.

A replica Viking ship sailed triumphantly into Dublin’s harbor Tuesday after attempting to re-enact the arduous 1,000-mile journey Scandinavian warriors made more than a millenium ago.

In conjunction with the opening this weekend of an exhibit at the Geneva History Museum featuring the dragon head and tail from a replica Viking ship created in the 19th century, museum officials h… ...