I was a little surprised visiting this maritime museum as I was expecting a little more. The museum is built across a couple of different floors, one of which is fully developed as a children's interactive area, including playroom with mock boat, ship and undersea world for them to play in which is fantastic, together with several other interactive games for them to get involved in. This is where this museum excels at, as when I visited, it was full of children screaming laughing and generally just having a whale of a time! (excuse the pun). The other floors I felt lacked in content for wasted space. For example, there is one which comprised of display boards of key themes of maritime history by period, kept all very general with a couple of larger objects on display cases here and there, but again there was not a lot - certainly lacking compared to other museums. You have the usual ship models both civilian and military including cruise liners and cargo ships but that's generally it - oh and a large hall which has some small boats on display. If short on time I would visit the Ton-Tiki museum and the Fram museum instead unless you have kids, in which case you will definitely be wanting to take them here! I will however also compliment them on the gift shop, there is quite a lot of unique items on sale which caught my interest besides the usual souvenirs.

You will be able to do a quick walk through of the Maritime Museum. There is a 2200 yr old hollowed out tree trunk, used as a boat, on display. In the basement, they offer viking ship building - not on when I visited.

If you have a time only for two museum, I advise you to skip this one and choose Kon-Tiki and Fram. Here you can see different variants of cruise liners and also there is a small part of a cabin. There is a big library on site and the whole floor for children with an entertaining exposition and game zone. Good cafeteria with sandwiches and snacks is available. There are also museum passes for 2 or 3 museums (Fram, Kon-Tiki, Maritime Museum) with a reduced price. ROAD: you can reach the museum by ferry or by bus.

Small but interesting museum. Great lower level display about the viking boats and then on the upper floor about the history of norwegian cruise ships. As there a choice of museums i would add this as a filler if you have the time.

How hard can it be to build a ship using natural materials? Fortunately there are people who are trying to retain the ship building knowledge of the Vikings by practicing what they knew. Browse the history of sailing the seas from hundreds of years ago to the present. Just a few steps away from the Kon-tiki Museum.

If you like maritime history, this is a great museum to let you know about the history of Norway. Though it is not very big, it is still a good place to let you stay 1-2 hours especially during rainy day! Location: It is easy to get here by bus or boat and not far from the Central Station. Family: It is good to visit with children or teens. Apart from learning the history, there is also a playground on the top floor for the young children. Suggestion: Fram Museum is nearby. Remember to buy both tickets together to have a discount if you plan to visit. It is worth to visit both. Food: There is restaurant of each museum. Food are selling fast. If you are hungry, you may have meal first, otherwise you may wait to go back the city centre.

Norwegians are a se-faring people whose long history on the seas has been beautifully captured in this fascinating museum. The first floor features a workshop where you can see master wooden boat-builders recreating ancient Viking sailing ships by hand. There's a floor that presents the history of sea travel in vignettes from the human perspective, e.g. what did the Captain's wife and children do while on board? There is a gallery of maritime paints and another filled with models of sea craft throughout history. If you are going to head all the way out here to visit the three adjoining museums (Kon-Tiki, Fram, and Maritime Museum), be sure to clear time for this one. It is easily accessible by the 37 bus from central Oslo.