Meet Prehistory at Kulturnatta

Gothenburg City Museum takes you on a journey through 10,000 years of prehistory - from the Stone Age to the Viking Age during the Kulturnatta evening.

The evening offers both bookable activities and drop-in options. Author and museum educator Håkan Strömberg will lecture on how the image of the Viking has changed over time. Museum archaeologists will be on hand for conversations about archaeology and will open their toolboxes to explain how an archaeological investigation is conducted. Colleagues from Ekehagens forntidsby will run workshops in braiding and beadwork throughout the evening (17.00-21.00).

Bookable activities

15 minutes about Rolfsåkersmannen - 17.00, 18.15, 19.15 and 20.15
The skeleton from Rolfsåker has fascinated visitors for over a hundred years. What does the latest research say about the 4,500-year-old human?

15 minutes about the Viking ship Äskekärr - 17.45 and 19.45
Sweden's only exhibited Viking ship - how was it found, how was it investigated and what can be read from the wreck?

15 minutes about death in prehistory - 18.45 and 20.45
A tour among burial mounds, urns and cairns about how people buried their dead throughout the ages.

Taste prehistory - 17.15-17.45, 18.30-19.00 and 19.45-20.15
Samples from the Stone Age larder with stories about what people ate thousands of years ago and how we found out. Note: Allergens may be present.

Drop-in activities

Get a grip on prehistory - 17.00-18.00 and 19.15-20.15
How heavy is a stone axe? How sharp is a flint arrow after thousands of years in the ground? Come close to prehistory and talk archaeology with the museum's archaeologists.

Lecture: The Viking did have horns - 17.30-18.00
About the adaptable Viking and how it has been depicted in poetry, art and textbooks.

Archaeologist's toolbox - 18.15-18.45 and 20.30-21.00
Museum archaeologists tell about pickaxes, brushes and the more unexpected items in their tool arsenal.

Workshop with Ekehagen - 17.00-21.00
Create bracelets, key chains or bookmarks using five- and six-finger braids, twisted cords and metal beads.