August 26, 2006

Vasa Museum in Stockholm: 50 th anniversary of ship's discovery

Filed under: Talk — Igor Polyakov @ 9:24 am

Originally published at Nordic Design Blog. Please leave any comments there.

Stockholmâ™s Vasa Museum celebrated the 50th anniversary of the shipâ™s discovery on the last Thursday, August 24, 2006. The royal warship Vasa is a major tourist attraction of Stockholm, it sunk in 1628, 378 years ago and was found in 1956 by Anders Franzén. The ship was lifted from a depth of 32 meters and moved to shallower water, where it fas finally lifted on April 24, 1961, after which it was put in a dry dock. The museum had its 250 millionth visitor last week. Via Schlockholm.com Technorati Tags: , , ,

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