Swedish King Gustav II unveiled a battleship of epic proportions to an awed public. "Vasa" was supposed to signify the ...

A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden's most popular ...

STOCKHOLM - A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden's most ...

On August 10, 1628, Vasa, the would-be jewel of Sweden’s navy sank only minutes after departing Stockholm. This tragedy – that claimed the lives of 30 of those on board – launched an inquest probing ...

In Sweden, schoolchildren learn the story of the good ship Vasa, which today has its very own museum in Stockholm. In the 1620s, when King Gustav II Adolph wanted to outfit his navy with the most high ...

Renovations to try to save the 17th century Vasa warship, housed in a Stockholm museum, have been ten years in the making. The construction to support the ship, which lay underwater for centuries ...

Vasa Museum Maritime history enthusiasts should visit the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, which is home to the only preserved 17th-century ship in the world, the Vasa.

A Barcelona museum dedicated to the art of sending someone off in style, this collection of funeral vehicles features over a dozen funeral carriages, six processional carriages and three motor ...

Stockholm's Nationalmuseum, empty at the start of the pandemic, March 18, 2020. ALI LORESTANI / AFP LETTER FROM STOCKHOLM If you've planned a trip to Stockholm, don't worry: The spectacular Vasa ...

Nilsson worked with Anna Silwerulv, a textile expert at the Vasa Museum, to dress the reconstruction with a dark gray jacket and hat, as pieces of these items were found by her remains.

Today the Vasa museum is the prime visitor and tourist attraction in Sweden, visited by millions. Most of the 48 one-tonne canons were salvaged in the 17th century.