The Vasa Museet- Stockholm

Stacey helps out the crew in the reconstruction of the ship's cabin.


The entire ship.


And the centerpiece of the back of the ship as it looked in 1628.


The centerpiece of the back of the ship as it looks today (unrestored)


The back of the ship above the rudder- the woodwork is amazing, and I can hardly imagine what it must have looked like when painted in bright colors.


Stacey with the diving bell that was used not long after the Vasa sank to recover some of the cannons. Claustraphobics beware!


The Vasa Museum is a museum dedicated to the preservation and display of The Vasa, a Swedish warship which sunk on its maiden voyage in 1628 (dramatized in the photo above). It sat at the bottom of the Baltic sea until it was rediscovered by a man in a boat in the 1960s. It was then brought to the surface intact and was restored- it now sits in the museum, preserved for posterity. An absolutely amazing museum.