Vasa Museum

The Vasa was a war ship that sank in Stockholm Harbour on its maiden voyage in 1628. The ship is large and impressive with lots of wooden carvings. The ship was excavated in the 1960s and is now housed in a dry dock in its own purpose built museum. The museum is all about the ship. The ship is stunningly impressive, both in its size and how amazingly well it has been preserved. It took my breath away when I first saw it. Visitors are not able to board the ship but can walk on wide platforms round it and view it at different heights. The museum is step free with lifts and there are accessible toilets.