MAKE A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME TO THE WORLD OF THE BRONZE AGE!

Vitlycke museum is a knowledge and experience center in Tanum World Heritage site - an area of about 600 rock art sites. Here you can experience world class rock art and explore the Bronze Age world. Join a guide or walk by yourself among the carvings and reconstructed Bronze Age buildings. At the museum you will find a cafe, shop and an exhibition that is a dramatic story for the whole family.

The Norse midsummer celebration has ancient roots. This, the longest day of the year, was celebrated in pre-historic, pre-Christian days. We celebrate fecundity and all the life-giving forces in nature; the mysteries of life and love.

In the Bronze Age farm, you can experience how people lived for 3000 years ago. Sheep wander round as they please and the pigpen is behind the farmhouse. In the forest you will find a small sacrificial pond where you can gain an insight into what the holy places of the Bronze Age looked like.

Follow one of our guides to the Vitlycke carving, one of the largest and the most famous site in the World heritage area. The guide will discuss the 3000 years old images, the people that made them and the Bronze Age landscape.

Vitlycke Museum offers guided tours and presentations for groups of different sizes. They are designed for both private individuals and companies, bus tour operators and, not least, schools. You can get anything from a brief 30-minute introduction to the World Heritage Site to a four-hour guided tour, visiting carvings that are far from roads and tourist routes.

In addition to the activities led by the Vitlycke Museum guides, there is much you can do on your own at the museum and in World Heritage area: explore the rock carvings and our exhibitions, rent a bike and search for geocaches. There are two apps that can guide you through the area: the World Heritage guide and Empire of the sun.

The farm shows a different aspect of the Bronze Age from the rock carvings. The images on the rock carvings do not seem to have much to do with everyday life; there are no depictions of the artists’ homes, their fields or their pigs. But you can see these at Vitlycke Museum’s Bronze Age farm.

Opening hours 2019

18 - 22 April 10.00-16.00
27 April - 31 August 10.00-18.00
1 September - 3 November 10.00-16.00

Free admission

Café Bronze

Rock Art shop

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Created: 6/18/2019 3:07:19 PM

Nu är det återigen dags för en uppdatering om samarbetet med Världsarvsförskolan. Så här i slutet av terminen har vi tema utgrävning. Tidigare i vår så fick vi chansen att göra ett studiebesök och samtala med en av de arkeologer som var här och undersökte området vid museets parkering, men nu var det dags för barnen själva att ge livet som arkeolog ett försök. Nu i veckan väntar småskaliga utgrävningar med fokus på stratigrafi och att tänka i lager, ett roligt projekt att testa på hemma. För extra effekt använd gärna färgad jord eller sand för att göra lagren tydliga, stoppa sedan små objekt i varje lager. Låt barnen vara detektiver som kan lösa hur objekten hamnade där och vilka som är äldst.

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“The images really speak to my soul!” – Read the full story about Karlas tattoos, inspired by the rock art in the Chauvet cave, in the #rockarttattoo exhibition. Link in bio. . Also, the irl exhibition is almost ready for visitors. Maybe on Friday, if not, on Monday for sure. . Tattoo artist: Ishmael Johnson of Scrimshaw Tattoo in Fort Collins, Colorado. Photo: Robert Delandsheer Jr

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MAKE A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME TO THE WORLD OF THE BRONZE AGE!

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