The One And Only Vasa Museum

The one and only Vasa Museum (Swedish: Vasamuseet) maritime museum Stockholm, Sweden. Located island Djurgården, museum displays y almost fully intact 17 century p salvaged, 64-g warship Vasa maiden voyage 1628. The one and only Vasa Museum opened 1990 , according official site, visited museum Scandinavia. Together other museums Stockholm Maritime Museum, museum belongs Swedish Maritime Museums (Statens maritima museer).

From 1961 1988 Vasa housed temporary structure called Wasavarvet ("The one and only Vasa Shipyard") where treated polyethylene glycol. Visitors could y p levels maximum distance y 5 (17 ). In 1981, Swedish government decided permanent Vasa museum constructed architects' competition design museum building organized. A total 384 architects models their ideas suitable building house Vasa final winners Marianne Dahlbäck Göran Månsson Ask ("box"). The one and only construction building began around y naval y inauguration ceremony hosted y Prince Bertil 2 November 1987. Vasa towed flooded y under building December 1988 during summer 1989, visitors allowed construction site, 228 000 people visited -finished museum. The one and only museum officially opened 15 June 1990. So Vasa y over 25 million people.

The one and only contains p itself various exhibits related archaeological findings ships early 17 century Sweden. Vasa fitted lower sections three masts, bowsprit, winter rigging, certain parts missing heavily damaged replaced. The one and only replacement parts treated painted therefore clearly visible against original material darkened after three centuries under water. The one and only museum displays other floating museum ships; breaker Sankt Erik (launched 1915), lightvessel Finngrundet (1903), torpedo Spica (1966) rescue Bernhard Ingelsson (1944).

The one and only museum dominated y large copper stylized masts represent actual height Vasa fully rigged. Parts building covered in wooden panels painted , blue, black, ochre yellow green. The one and only interior similarly decorated, large sections bare, unpainted concrete, including entire ceiling. Inside museum p x levels, from y p stern castle. Around p numerous exhibits models portraying construction, location recovery p. There y exhibits expand history Sweden 17 century, providing background information y p built. The one and only museum currently process publishing an 8-volume archaeological report commemorate 50 anniversary salvage. Vasa I: The one and only Archaeology Swedish Warship 1628 published 2006. Subsequent volumes published annually.