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The Excavation

vaccinated against whatever bugs might live in a sunken ship, a team of archaeologists descended into the black sludge that filled Vasa in April 1961. When they finished five months later, they had recovered

Updated: 11 November 2020

Published: 05 February 2016

The Inquest

Already the day after Vasa sank, the Council of State started looking for the responsible parties, but nobody was ever punished for one of the greatest disasters of Sweden's Great Power Era.

Updated: 18 June 2020

Published: 05 February 2016

The Vasa Model

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

Updated: 10 October 2024

Published: 02 February 2016

Vasa's new support

The warship Vasa needs a new support structure. The 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 This is due to the weakening of the ship’s wood. The entire support structure will be replaced over the course of several years, starting in April 2024. The new support structure is based on many years

Updated: 30 January 2025

Published: 03 February 2016

The Search for Vasa

dropped into Stockholm's harbour. It does not sound like much, but is by far one of the most important events in the modern history of Vasa.

Updated: 18 June 2020

Published: 05 February 2016

In Life and Death

Welcome to In Life and Death. In this exhibiton you will meet some of the people who died on Vasa when the ship sank on 10 August 1628.

Updated: 13 March 2025

Published: 02 February 2016

The warship Vasa to be supported with Swedish steel from Alleima

The Vasa Museum has chosen the Swedish speciality steel company Alleima as its key partner in the Support Vasa project. Alleima brings unique expertise and is sponsoring the Vasa Museum with all the steel steel needed for the ship's new internal support structure, a steel skeleton. The work to replace Vasa’s support structure is expected to be completed in 2028, just in time for the ship's 400th anniversary

Updated: 28 January 2025

Published: 28 January 2025

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 make 69 staff 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.

Updated: 17 June 2020

Published: 20 May 2020

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 establish that what had been considered a pile of leaves was in fact the six sails which had not been hoisted.

Updated: 06 November 2024

Published: 02 February 2016

The handle

Updated: 10 October 2018

Published: 19 September 2018

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