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Espingen - Vasa´s longboat

in 1967 was the ship's longboat or Espingen as it was also called. Learn all about its construction and use.

Vasa's new support

structure that has been holding Vasa since the 1960s needs to be replaced, as it is damaging the ship and causing deformations in the hull. This is due to the weakening of the ship’s wood. The entire support

Preserving Vasa

The research around Vasa consists of several parts and involve subjects like chemistry, physics, history and society.

Information about the Vasa Museum’s financial situation

ship. Now that visitors from around the world fail to come and the museum is closed due to the coronavirus the museum faces both immediate and long-term financial problems. Extensive saving measures have it is not enough and staff redundancies are planned for. Worst case, the museum may have to close down permanently. One thing is for sure, without support, a unique cultural treasure and one of Sweden's

The Salvage

Some have called it Sweden's Apollo Program, a dramatic and complex technical effort over several years to do something few thought possible: raise an intact 17th-century warship from the bottom of the

Construction start for the warship Vasa’s new support structure

Project: Support Vasa, new support structure here.

Vasa's sister Äpplet found

Maritime archealogists have identified Vasa's sister ship Äpplet (The Apple). The ship was deliberately sunk in the Stockholm archipelago.

Timeline for the Preservation of Vasa

From the raising 1961 ... to today - come along and see highlights of the work with preserving Vasa and how it has developed.

Conservation

The conservation of the Vasa and her collections of over 40 000 objects took ten years and was a pioneering project in maritime archaeology at its time.

Staff redundancies in the wake of the Corona pandemic

The Swedish National Maritime and Transport Museums (SMTM) which operates the Vasa Museum, the National Naval Museum, the National Maritime Museum and the National Railway Museum, has been forced to make redundant due to the financial crisis caused by the Coronavirus. The impact on the travel and tourism industry is severe and will affect SMTM for a long time to come.
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