Vasa Museum
Maritime museum on Djurgården built around the salvaged 17th-century warship Vasa.
The Vasa Museum houses the warship Vasa, which capsized and sank in Stockholm harbour on her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. The vessel lay in the brackish, shipworm-free water of the Saltsjön until she was located in the 1950s and raised on 24 April 1961. Because roughly 98 per cent of the original timber survives, Vasa is the only preserved ship of her era anywhere in the world, and the museum was built around her on the former naval dockyard at Galärvarvet.
The present building, by the Swedish architects Marianne Dahlbäck and Göran Månsson, opened on 15 June 1990 and replaced a temporary shelter known as Wasavarvet. Its copper-clad roof and stylised masts echo the rigging of the ship inside. Seven levels of galleries allow visitors to view the hull from keel to upper deck, and permanent displays cover the salvage operation, conservation science, shipbuilding and the lives of those aboard. It is among the most visited museums in Scandinavia.
Highlights
- A 17th-century warship preserved with around 98 per cent original timber
- Seven gallery levels giving views of the hull from keel to stern castle
- Ongoing conservation research into the ship's timber and iron bolts
- Film about Vasa shown daily, with an audio guide in many languages
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