A Unique Treasure in Stockholm

By Linda Tancs

Located on the island of Djurgården, the Vasa Museum is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. One of the most-visited museums in Scandinavia, it displays the only 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. Decorated with hundreds of carved sculptures, more than 98 percent of the ship is original. A film about the ship is offered in several languages as is an audio guide.