The Vendel Period museum is beside Vendel Church, where fourteen boat graves were found in 1881 during work to expand the church cemetery. The graves date to about 550–800 AD. Unlike the cremation that was usual at the time, the people buried in the boats were not burned. Objects placed with them for the afterlife included swords, shields, a helmet, spears and arrows. The museum has an exhibition about the Vendel area and displays finds from the graves. The finds were so well preserved and distinctive that the period took its name from Vendel.

The nearby church is a 700-year-old brick building with medieval wall paintings. Its original 15th-century paintings by John Iwan were covered over during 18th-century modernisation; some were restored in the 1930s.

A few kilometres from the church, the Ottar Mound is six metres high and 37 metres across. Local folklore says it is the tomb of King Ottar Vendelkråka, who may have lived in the first half of the 6th century. Vendel Day is held every year on June 6, when visitors can experience the Viking Age and the village holds an open house.