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Bridging the gap between past and museum: using mobile augmented reality to connect objects at Lofotr Viking Museum to their original contexts

Can augmented reality bring museum objects to life in their original surroundings? At Lofotr Viking Museum, we have explored how mobile AR can help visitors experience objects in the context of the place they once belonged to.

Do you know the difference between craft demonstrations and experimental archaeology?

When we see old crafts in action, it's easy to think that we're getting a glimpse of the past. Does a blacksmith who makes a Viking sword really show how it was done in the past, or do we have to dig deeper to find out the truth?

Dissemination media and expressive potential

Evaluation of digital dissemination methods at Lofotr Viking Museum at Borg in Lofoten.

Do you like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla or Vikings?

Then you should check out this project! By recreating the Viking Age and medieval farms at Lofotr Viking Museum, we can show a different storytelling.

How did the building practice change at Borg?

An analysis of four selected houses at Borg, Vestvågøy from the Iron Age to the High Middle Ages.

Basic exhibitions – popular science presentation

Basic exhibitions – in a squeeze between the authorities' museum policy guidelines, different user groups and the growth of research.

Vágar, middle age town and an urban fishing village in Lofoten

Manuscript for Nordland County Encyclopedia and Håløygminne April 2022 by Reidar Bertelsen.

About Ǫmð and northernmost Hálogaland

The name Ǫmð has been associated with areas in the far north of Nordland, and parts of Troms. Archaeologist and Professor Reidar Bertelsen explains his theory of a more detailed location and explanation of the name.