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Free ThinkingVikings, Seafaring and NavigationVikings: Life and Legend

Exhibition at the British Museum, 6 March – 22 June 2014. Supported by BP.

  • Brooch shaped like a ship, 800-1050. Tjørnehøj II, Fyn, Denmark
  • Penrith Brooch, c.900, from near Penrith, Cumbrian, England
  • Hunterston Brooch, c. 700, Hunterston, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • Hiddensee Hoard of fourteen filigree pendants, spacers, brooch and neck-ring, probably made in Denmark, late 10th century
  • The installation of Roskilde 6 at the British Museum
  • Odin or völva figure, 800-1050. Lejre, Zealand, Denmark
  • The Lewis Chessmen, berserkers. Late 12th century, Uig, Lewis, Scotland
  • Valkyrie brooch, 9th century. Galgebakken, Vrejlev, Vendsyssel, Denmark
  • Pin with dragon's head, AD 950 – 1000. Hedeby, modern Germany.
  • Platter: Wooden tray or platter with Scandinavian decoration, 10th century. Berlin-Spandu, Berlin, Germany.
  • Neck-ring, 10th century. Kalmergården, Tissø, Zealand, Denmark.
  • Staff: Gävle, Sweden
  • Sword, late 8th–early 9th century. Kalundborg or Holbæk, Zealand, Denmark
  • Ear spoon with filigree terminal and suspension ring, 10th century. Gedehaven, south-west Zealand, Denmark
  • Silver-inlaid axehead in the Mammen style, AD 900s. Bjerringhøj, Mammen, Jutland, Denmark
  • The installation of Roskilde 6 at the British Museum
  • Lewis Chessmen 1150-1145
  • Penny of Anlaf Guthfrithsson of Northumbria (939–41). England

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