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Vasamuseet (Stockholm)
City's most popular museum is the massive royal warship, Vasa, which capsized in Stockholm harbor on
its maiden voyage in 1628. Rediscovered in 1956, Ihe vessel has been
painstakingly restored to 95 percent of its original appearance.
The warship is decorated with around
700 sculpted figures and carved ornaments, designed as a type of war
propaganda. King Gustav II Adolf, who commissioned Vasa, was known as
the Lion of the North, so a springing lion was the obvious choice for
the figurehead on the ship's prow. It is 4 m (13 ft) long and weighs
450 kg (990 lb).
Although visitors cannot board the ship, full-scale models
of Vasa's upper gun deck and the Admiral's cabin provide a glimpse of
what life on board was like. There is also a fascinating display of
items retrieved in the salvage operation, including medical equipment,
an officer's back mgammon set, and a chest still neatly packed with
clothing and other personal belongings.
Moored in the dock alongside Ihe museum are two other
historic vessels, collectively referred to as the Museifartygen, The
lightship Finngrundet was built in 1903 and worked for 60 years before
becoming a museum, Sankt Erik was commissioned in 1915 and
was Sweden's first sea-going icebreaker.
Web : www.vasamuseet.se
Museums in Stockholm
- Gustav Ill's Museum of Antiquities (Stockholm)
- Historiska Mused (Stockholm)
- Moderna Museet (Stockholm)
- Nationalmuseum (Stockholm)
- Nordiska Museet (Stockholm)
- Skansen (Stockholm)
- Tre Kronor Museum (Stockholm)
- Vasamuseet (Stockholm)