A DAY WITH THE VIKINGS AT THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM

The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto has an exhibition on The Vikings.
So a staycation week enabled a jaunt downtown with a dear friend to visit it.

The artifacts were well displayed as only the ROM can do. Large wall photos and display cases to be viewed from both sides.

Lots of space to roam and look in the display cases.

The boat was a hit for pictures.

 The large photos were from areas in modern Scandinavian where Viking historical sites honour them.

Helmets and horns are often the symbols for Vikings.

Women and mythology played a huge role as well.

The Vikings did come to North America. At the northern end of Newfoundland, L'Anse au Meadow, there is a historic site to visit. It blew the theory of Christopher Columbus being the first European in the New World.

At the end of any good exhibition is a gift shop with items to buy. I bought a book on the Vikings for me and and activity/fact book for the grandchildren when they visit to peruse. 

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