Press and media

Welcome to the Vasa Museum's press room. Here you will find our press releases, press images and films. If you are missing something or would like to know more, please contact us. You can filter the press releases by searching by year. You can also search in free text: Click on Menu and type the search term in the search box. Then filter by clicking on "Press", and you will get hits only in the press room.

Press films

Here you will find a selection of general press films. The material is free to use for editorial purposes. Please credit the photographer and source.

The Vasa Museum

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1. The Discovery

Anders Franzén, Vasa's rediscoverer, looking for Vasa with his self-constructed core sampler.

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2. The Examination

Chief diver Per Edvin Fälting diving with the team. Artefacts are being salvaged and Vasa is towed.

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3. The Salvage

Vasa breaks the water surface and floats on its own keel. The Swedish king Gustav VI Adolf visits.

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4. Onboard Vasa

Archaeological excavations of Vasa after the salvage.

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5. The Conservation

After the salvage, Vasa was treated for 17 years with the preservative PEG.

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