MUSEUM OF THE VIKING AGE 

The Viking Ship Museum is part of the Museum of Cultural History (KHM) at the University in Oslo (Uio). A new Museum of the Viking Age is in development showcasing Norway’s cultural heritage, together with a state-of-the-art visitor experience. The new museum’s overall concept is A Changing World, where the exhibition will emphasize on diversity, telling stories about life, culture and society in the Viking era based on an up-close narrative approach.

I was part of the team that developed an infostation prototype highlighting the most important objects in the exhibition. The idea for these infostations is for them to be placed next to important objects, telling different stories about them. In each story, visitors can learn more about the vikings’ culture and come up-close by exploring the object in an interactive 3D model. The infostations also show a behind the scenes look into the objects’ 3D scanning process, as well as images and videos.

This prototype was developed and tested in 2021. The exhibition can be experienced when the Museum of the Viking age opens in 2027.

Acknowledgements

Client: Vikingship Museum, The Museum of the Viking Age (Vikingskipshuset, Vikingtidsmuseet).

Content including 3D scans: Vikingship Museum/Kulturhistorisk Museum

My role: user experience, user interface design and 3D visualizations.

Developed by Logic Interactive.