Vasa Museum

The Vasa Museum is one of Scandinavia’s most visited museums. It is here that you will find in all its glory, the unique and well preserved man-of-war Vasa from 1628, embellished with hundreds of wooden sculptures.

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  • The Vasa Museum opened in 1990. It was designed by the architects Marianne Dahlbäck and Göran Månsson. Photo: Karolina Kristensson, National Maritime Museums

  • Directly inside the doors, the visitor encounters the magnificent ship from the 17th century. Photo: Anneli Karlsson, National Maritime Museums

  • The ship is 69 metres long and 52.5 metres tall from keel to main flagpole tip.

Over a million visitors every year enjoy the exhibitions in the museum, which describe the people on board and life at the time; how, after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm bay, the ship was rediscovered and salvaged; and the research which is now underway to preserve the Vasa. The Vasa Museum lies in the royal parkland, Djurgården, in Stockholm.

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