Exhibitions

Face to face

In the exhibition Face to Face a number of people emerge from the past. They all share the fact that they were aboard the Vasa on the 10th August 1628, and followed it down to the deep.

Preserve Vasa

The Exhibition Preserve Vasa relates the story of Vasa’s conservation, and the present measures to preserve the ship for the future.

The Salvaging

This exhibition relates the stages in the salvage of the Vasa, from its rediscovery by Anders Franzén in 1956 to its resurfacing in 1961.

The sailing ship

Witness accounts from 1628 relate that Vasa had four sails raised at the time of the catastrophe. In all she could carry ten raised. After several years of work, conservators have been able to establish that what had been considered a pile of leaves was in fact the six sails which had not been hoisted. 

His Majesty´s Ship

Life on board

In Life on board retrieved objects from the Vasa are exhibited, and we can form a picture of everyday life on a warship including clothes, food and illness. 

The Power and the Glory

In the exhibition The Power and the Glory we get a glimpse of  how the Vasa looked in colour as she sailed out in Stockholm harbour. 

The Imagery of Power

The Vasa is decorated with 700 sculptures and ornaments. The exhibition "Imagery of Power" relates what these sculptures symbolize.

The Vasa Model

A painted model of the Vasa in scale 1:10 gives the visitor an idea of how the ship might have looked as she sailed out in 1628.

The Stockholm Shipyard

The stockholm ship yard describes how ships were built in the 1620s. Sweden’s largest shipyard at that time was worked by 400 people, probably the largest workplace in the country at the time.

Battle!

Vasa never showed her strength in battle, but she was a fearsome machine of war.