Vasa Museum
About the place
- Country : Sweden , Stockholm
- Address : Galärvarvsvägen 14, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden
- Category : Museums
- Establishing Date : 1990
Vasa Museum
Overview:
• The "Vasa Museum" is a distinguished destination for tourism in Stockholm and Sweden as a whole, due to its great historical importance.
• Today, the Vasa Museum is one of the most important tourist attractions in Sweden, and annually attracts more than one million visitors, making it one of the most visited museums in the entire region.
Historic overview:
• It is the only museum in the world that displays a 17th century ship in its original form without any damage to it.
• The story of this ship, which is called "Vasa", for which the museum was named, dates back to the year 1628 AD; When it sank in a sea voyage.
It is mentioned that the museum was opened in the summer of 1990 AD, and shortly after that it turned into a tourist destination visited by nearly one million tourists annually.
• In 2011, the Swedes celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the rescue of the ship Vasa.
Architectural Description:
• The "Vasa Ship" was built on the orders of "Gustav Adolf II", King of Sweden; Under the supervision of Dutch shipbuilder Henrik Hybertsson, he was assisted by carpenters, sculptors, painters, glaziers, sailmakers, blacksmiths, and many other craftsmen and professionals.
• It took about two years to build the Vasa ship. The ship had three masts, which could carry ten sails of 52 metres, from the head of the mast to the keel (which is a main girder or a piece of steel extending along the bottom of the ship), and 69 meters from the stem to the stern of the ship and weighed 1,200 tons; And upon completion, it was the most powerful ship ever built.
• The museum contains a large panel of people's testimonies about the story of the sinking of this ship.
• There is also another section in the museum for the skeletons of the ship's passengers, which were placed in glass cases.
• A small ship was also designed in the style of the "giant ship Vasa".
• Battle Section: In this section of the museum, you will be able to see some of the military pieces and weapons that were on the board of the ship, which were mainly used in naval battles at that time.
• You can watch a movie about "The Vasa Ship" in 16 languages.
Resources:
urtrips website
visitstockholm website
travelerpedia website
