Lejre Museum - Kongerigets Vugge is a cultural history museum in Gammel Lejre dedicated to the ancient kingdom that made this area a centre of power during the Iron Age and Viking Age. Exhibitions draw on finds from royal halls and burial mounds nearby, weaving together archaeology, legend and the earliest written sources about Danish kingship. The museum sits in a landscape still dotted with monumental burial mounds.
Cultural historian Sophus Helle explores Beowulf - the epic masterpiece about the Gothic hero's battle against the monster Grendel and the poem's enduring influence on modern literature, from Tolkien to George R.R. Martin.
Professor Marianne Hem Eriksen explores Viking Age figures from Sweden through new microscopic analysis, revealing their diverse uses beyond decoration in people's everyday lives.
Archaeologist Liv Stidsing Reher-Langberg from Moesgaard Museum discusses the excavation of a Viking Age burial ground at Lisbjerg with 30 graves and valuable finds revealing a social elite.
Archaeologist Arne Abel Stamnes presents new discoveries from excavations around Lejre's famous royal halls, where geophysical methods have revealed hidden structures from the Iron Age and Viking period.