The Vasa Museum

The Vasa is the only preserved seventeenth-century ship in the world, and a unique art treasure. More than 95 percent of the ship is original, and it is decorated with hundreds of carved sculptures.

The 69 meter-long warship Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in the middle of Stockholm in 1628, and was salvaged 333 years later in 1961. For nearly half a century the ship has been slowly, deliberately and painstakingly restored to a state approaching its original glory. The three masts on the roof outside the specially built museum show the height of the ship's original masts.

Today the Vasa Museum is the most visited museum in Scandinavia, with over one million visitors a year. There are nine different exhibitions around the ship to tell about life on board the ship. The film about the Vasa is shown in 16 different languages. In addition there is a well-stocked shop and a pleasant restaurant. Tours of the museum take place every day.

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Mary Murray Inverurie, Aberdeenshire 3/10/2012 2:21 PM

Vasa museum

We made a visit to the museum last July from Cruise ship Ocean Countess from Scotland. We had a great lady guide. Quite memorable to see such an old ship. Shall endeavour to visit Sweden again.

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julie florence 10/25/2011 12:12 AM

vasa

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Jan Brugge, Belgium 8/28/2011 11:01 AM

Not the usual museum

What I like about this museum is that it takes one astonishing centre piece - a 17th century war ship - as starting point to tell many different stories: the political situation of Europe at that time, the art of ship-building at that time, the power of forensic science, the amazing endeavour to lift up a ship from Stockholm's harbour in the 60s, etc.

Daniel Constanta 7/30/2011 1:35 PM

Wonderful place to visit

A beautiful place to visit and spend a few hours. I would recommend this to anyone visiting Stockholm.

Guy Hallam Worcester 7/22/2011 11:14 PM

Very impressive

Even though I'd looked at pictures on the web it didn't prepare me for walking through the door and being faced with the sheer scale of it. And the level of preservation is just fantastic. The whole museum is brilliantly presented, can't wait to get back there this summer.

Hrvoje Zagreb 6/23/2010 4:06 PM

Great experience

I have to admit that on the beginning I wasn't so excited to see Vasa and I thought, what is so special with seeing one old ship? Now I can tell that Vasa is one of the best museums that I have seen. Ship and everything else in museum is beautifully presented. In one word excellent! When you visit Stockholm, go and see Vasa, you wouldn't be disappointed.
P.S. there is a great museum shop with souvenirs!

Gary Yeoman London 12/22/2009 11:11 AM

Vasa

I have visited the Vasa Museum twice now and all I can say is WoW.

This is a must see for anybody who is visiting Stockholm.

Martin Sedo Bratislava , Slovakia 12/10/2009 12:47 AM

Excellent

This was really an astonishing experience for me. Can only recommend to visit. Worth every penny :0