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26 Mar 2018

INTERVIEW: Lynley Marshall, CEO, Museum Victoria about their “Vikings: Beyond the Legend” Expo…

Arts, Children, Entertainment, Interview, Science

Loved the TV show Vikings, recently found out that you have viking blood coursing through your veins then the Melbourne Museum has the expo for you – “Vikings: Beyond the Legend” which opened on 23rd March and continues until 26th August. Find out what to expect when you visit by listening now to David and Sue talk to Lynley Marshall, CEO of Museum Victoria about the expo. She also fills us in on other happenings at the Museum. Tickets are available on the Museum Victoria website.

The expo is described on the Museum Victoria site as follows:

You’ve seen the TV series and you’ve heard the stories of savagery associated with the Vikings, now see them for what they really were. Recent archaeological discoveries have challenged our image of Vikings as pillaging and plundering pagans in horned helmets.

Vikings: Beyond the Legend brings this rich, often-misunderstood culture to life, debunking stereotypes and providing a fascinating insight into Viking domestic life, rituals and beliefs.

Over 450 artefacts come together to form the largest collection of its kind displayed in Melbourne. Among the rare treasures on show are the astoundingly beautiful skeletal remains of a Viking longship, one of the finest Thor’s-hammer pendants ever found, and Viking swords dating from 700 AD to 1100 AD.

This exhibition, from the Swedish History Museum, shows us why, even 1000 years later, Viking culture still captivates imaginations.

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