Viking ship to arrive at British Museum in 'flat pack'

[Jazzy]

The longest Viking ship ever found will arrive at the British Museum in a "flat pack" from Denmark early next year, curators have revealed.

The 37-metre ship is the centrepiece of the museum's Vikings: Life and Legend exhibition which opens in March 2014.

"It's essentially an enormous Meccano set which can be put together," curator Gareth Williams told the BBC.

It is the British Museum's first major exhibition on Vikings for more than 30 years.

Currently on display in the National Museum of Denmark until November, the timbers of the 1,000-year old ship will be packed up in individual boxes, shipped to the UK and re-assembled for display in the British Museum's newly-built Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery.

"As you might expect of a Scandinavian-designed ship, it comes flat packed," Mr Williams said at Thursday's launch event.

"It's massive by the standards of the time," he added. "It's longer than the Mary Rose."

Experts are expected to take two weeks to put the ship back together when it arrives in London in January.

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I would love to see this after it was all put together.

Would you?

 

[DrLeftover]

Oh lovely.

"Timber 23-C connects to Joist 13 through slot H. But do not connect 23-C before completing Step 7 with Parts KL-13 and Timber-9-B on Page 6 for the Port Side."

Two weeks. Yeah.

 

[Raven]

Oh wow!!!

Need to see that!

 

[Jazzy]

Oh wow!!!

Need to see that!

Do you think you'll be going?