Vasa Museum Collections
What's actually on display
The ship is the centrepiece, but she's surrounded by a dozen exhibitions covering how she was built, how she sank, how she was found, and who was aboard.
His Majesty's Ship
The warship herself, viewed from six levels stacked around her — keel to sterncastle — with reconstructed masts, bowsprit, and rigging left deliberately unpainted so you can tell new wood from 1628 original.
Battle!
What Vasa was actually built for: 64 guns and the naval warfare of the Thirty Years' War, with cannon, shot, and the firepower a top-of-the-line 17th-century warship was meant to bring to a fight.
Life on Board
Everyday objects recovered with the wreck — tools, tankards, sea chests, and clothing — that show what daily life was like for the roughly 150 people aboard.
In Life and Death
Forensic study and facial reconstructions built from the remains of some of the crew and passengers who died when Vasa went down, just metres from shore.
The Salvaging
How a wreck sits on the harbour floor for 333 years and comes back up almost whole — the 1961 operation that tunnelled cables beneath the hull and floated her to the surface.
The Vasa Model
A detailed scale model showing the ship as she would have looked freshly built — painted in vivid colour and gilding, a striking contrast to the dark timber on display today.
Film Theatre
A short film on Vasa's sinking, rediscovery, and recovery, shown on rotation in several languages throughout the day.
The Stockholm Shipyard
How and where a warship like Vasa was actually built — the tools, timber, and labour behind 17th-century naval construction.
Preserve Vasa
The decades-long conservation project that keeps the salvaged, resin-treated timber stable today — and the reason the hall itself is kept at 18–20°C.
Good to know
One ticket, every gallery
All of the exhibitions above are included in standard admission — there's no separate charge to move between them, and the free 25-minute guided tour touches on several. Most visitors spend around two hours seeing everything; give yourself closer to three if you want to read every panel.
Ready to see it in person?
Standard admission covers every gallery on this page.