ALL-DAY ACTIVITIES VIKING ENCAMPMENT BY DRAUGAR VINLANDS Village Green NORWEGIAN FJORD HORSES Angels on Horseback Village Green NORSE BOATS Australia Beach 34 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ACTIVITIES 9:15 WORKING ALOFT ON A SQUARE-RIGGER Charles W. Morgan 9:30 NORSE BOATS Rowing and sailing demonstrations Middle Wharf 20 9:30- VIKING GAMES 12:15 The Common 9:30- NAVIGATION QUEST 4:00 Nautical Instruments Shop 23 9:30- CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES 4:30 The Common 10:00 SONGS OF THE SAGAS Musical performance by Lynn Noel Performance Stage 13 10:00 NORDIC BOAT BUILDING DEMONSTRATION Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard 10:00- BUILD A TOY BOAT KEEPSAKE 4:30 Ages 4 and older; $5 per boat (cash only) John Gardner Boat Shop 38 10:00- ART SPOT AND CANDLE-MAKING 4:30 $5 fee to make candles or a Viking craft (cash only) Art Spot 39 10:20 SEINING DEMONSTRATION: HAULING NET WITH SONG L.A. Dunton Dock 10:30 VIKING FACT OR FICTION? Theatrical performance by Flock Theatre Performance Stage 13 10:45 HELP SET A SAIL Joseph Conrad 29 11:00 STARS OF THE VIKINGS Admission $4, Members $3 Ages 3 and younger are free Treworgy Planetarium 9 11:00 HEAR US: VOICES FROM THE PAST Theatrical performance Thompson Exhibition Building 1 11:00 MAKE MEAD LIKE A VIKING Mead-making demonstration Nordic Moon Meadery Village Green 11:15 WHALEBOAT DEMONSTRATION Middle Wharf 20 If rain, Whaleboat Exhibit 15 11:30 A TALE OF A WHALER Theatrical performance Performance Stage 13 11:30 GUDRID THE WANDERER First Viking Woman in the New World Theatrical performance by Lynn Noel Chapel 45 12:00 VIKING FACT OR FICTION? Theatrical performance by Flock Theatre Performance Stage 13 12:15- FLOWER CROWN MAKING 2:30 The Common 12:30 BIRDS OF PREY Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center Performance Stage 13 1:00 MAKE MEAD LIKE A VIKING Mead-making demonstration Nordic Moon Meadery Village Green 1:00 SONGS OF THE SAGAS Musical performance by Lynn Noel Performance Stage 13 1:00 NORSE BOATS Rowing and sailing demonstrations Middle Wharf 20 1:30 MUSIC OF THE SEA AND SHORE Chapel 45 1:30 WORKING ALOFT ON A SQUARE-RIGGER Joseph Conrad 29 1:30 A TALE OF A WHALER Theatrical performance Performance Stage 13 1:30 TUG OF WAR Village Green 2:00 CODFISHING ON THE BANKS: ANCHOR & DORY DEMONSTRATION L.A. Dunton 2:00 BEARD CONTEST Do you have a great Viking beard? The crowd will decide who has the best. Compete for a prize! Performance Stage 13 2:00 SPRING STARS & THE MARINER Admission $4, Members $3 Ages 3 and younger are free Treworgy Planetarium 9 2:30 NORDIC BOAT BUILDING DEMONSTRATION Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard 2:30 VIKING FACT OR FICTION? Theatrical performance by Flock Theatre Performance Stage 13 2:30 HEAR US: VOICES FROM THE PAST Theatrical performance Thompson Exhibition Building 1 2:30- VIKING GAMES 4:30 The Common 3:00 STARS OF THE VIKINGS Admission $4, Members $3 Ages 3 and younger are free Treworgy Planetarium 9 3:00 TROLL STORIES Mallory Building 4 3:00 MAKE MEAD LIKE A VIKING Mead-making demonstration Nordic Moon Meadery Village Green 3:00 NORSE BOATS Rowing and sailing demonstrations Middle Wharf 20 3:30 WORKING ALOFT ON A SQUARE-RIGGER Charles W. Morgan 4:00 SPRING STARS & THE MARINER Admission $4, Members $3 Ages 3 and younger are free Treworgy Planetarium 9 4:15 DOGWATCH: SAILORS’ LEISURE TIME Charles W. Morgan 4:45 HERCULES ENGINE DEMONSTRATION Back of Hoop Shop 22 SATURDAY-ONLY ACTIVITIES 11:00- NORSEMAN SAGA SERIES 1:00 Book-signing with author James L. Nelson In front of Stillman Building 6 11:00 VIKING AGE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS & PRACTICES Lecture with Dr. William Short Masin Room Thompson Exhibition Building 1 12:30 A SHIPWRIGHT’S TRAVELS IN NORSELAND Lecture with Matt Barnes Masin Room Thompson Exhibition Building 1 1:00- DRAKEN HARALD HÅRFAGRE 5:00 Open for tours Chubb’s Wharf 14 2:00 THE VIKINGS IN IRELAND: A THREE- HUNDRED-YEAR INVASION Lecture and book-signing with author James L. Nelson Masin Room and North Store Thompson Exhibition Building 1 3:30 SCANDINAVIAN WOMEN’S CHORUS Performance Stage 13 3:30 VISIT THE VIKINGS MAP TALK Lecture with Lynn Noel Masin Room Thompson Exhibition Building 1 SUNDAY-ONLY ACTIVITIES 11:00- DRAKEN HARALD HÅRFAGRE 2:00 Open for tours Chubb’s Wharf 14 11:00 VIKING WEAPONS AND THEIR USE Lecture with Dr. William Short Masin Room Thompson Exhibition Building 1 12:30 SAILING THE DRAKEN HARALD HÅRFAGRE Lecture with Captain Björn Ahlander River Room Latitude 41 0 Restaurant 2:30 VISIT THE VIKINGS MAP TALK Lecture with Lynn Noel Masin Room Thompson Exhibition Building 1 3:00 FUNI Icelandic folk music Performance Stage 13 4:00 NORSE BOAT PARADE Leaving from Chubb’s Wharf 14 In the case of rain, all programming on the Performance Stage 13 will move to the Greenmanville Church 3 10 Numbers indicate corresponding numbers on the map Exhibits with signal flags are staffed by professional educators Activities with music Must-sees for families with children Special Viking Days activities VIKING DAYS GET INTO IT MAP & GUIDE NOW ON EXHIBIT COLLINS GALLERY, THOMPSON EXHIBITION BUILDING 1 TREASURES FROM UPPSALA UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN THE VIKINGS The installation at Mystic Seaport Museum is the international debut of The Vikings Begin and is made possible in collaboration with the Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum. BEGIN NOW ON EXHIBIT R.J. SCHAEFER BUILDING 2 THE VINLAND MAP SAGA SCIENCE, MYTH, AND MYSTERY This exhibition is made possible in collaboration with the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. We would like to acknowledge the generous support from the following: A grant from the Vietor Family in memory of their father, Alexander O. Vietor Connecticut Humanities Anonymous William H. Donner Foundation Robert & Cynthia Martin ABCNEWS VideoSource 18580B_Mystic Seaport.indd 1 6/5/18 8:51 AM