Lofotr Viking Museum

Initially we headed back up the E10 to the Viking Museum at Borge (its just after Borg). We had passed the previous day; its distinctive Viking manor house clearly visible from the road.

Upon entering though, we found the museum was closed that day (being out of the tourist season apparently working against us this time). My understanding of spoken Norwegian by this point had by this point developed to the point that was able to glean this by listening in on the exchange between Nina and the curator.

Happily though, the museum had been opened specially for a group of Norwegians who were to have a banquet in the Viking manor house. Upon apprehending that two of our group were from abroad, the curator decided that we should tag along after the group of Norwegians. Not only were we allowed into the museum whilst it was technically closed, we were given a discount on admission. Nina turned to explain the closure, which I said I had gathered, and simply added ‘but I fixed it’ with a cheeky smile.

The museum had an interesting approach, of presenting a narrative of the known history of the family that had resided in the Viking manor that had once stood near the site of the modern museum.
Repyer and a pair of headphones. Instead of conventional play, skip controls each player is equipped with an laser (or infra-red) device which exchanged information with points on the exhibits. On entering, the visitor ‘scans’ a point corresponding to their preferred spoken language, selecting the set of recordings the device will play during their visit, then at each exhibit they scan again to select the track. The clever part is for video exhibits they also exchange a time index, which allows the sound to match up with the lips of the person speaking in the video (although they only sync properly with the Norwegian sound).

One particularly fascinating exhibit concerned a myserty body found elsewhere on the island, its garments apparently a fusion of both Nordic and Sami (the aboriginal people of Norway) dress customs.Читать далее