Museum Building · Stockholm, Sweden
Vasa Museum
The Vasa Museum (Swedish: Vasamuseet) is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Built 1990. It drew 1,220,429 visitors in 2014.
Photo: Ad Meskens via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized for display.
Landmark facts
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
|---|---|
| Type | Museum Building |
| Built | 1990 |
| Annual visitors (2014) | 1,220,429 |
| Coordinates | 59.3279° N, 18.0914° E |
Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.
What Vasa Museum is known for
The Vasa Museum (Swedish: Vasamuseet) is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden.
About Vasa Museum
The Vasa Museum (Swedish: Vasamuseet) is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the island of Djurgården, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. The Vasa Museum opened in 1990.
History
From the beginning of 1961 to 1983, Vasa was housed in a temporary structure called Wasavarvet ("The Vasa Shipyard") where she was treated with polyethylene glycol. Visitors could only view the ship from two levels and the maximum distance was only 5 m (17 ft). In 1981, the Swedish government decided that a permanent Vasa museum was to be constructed and a competition for the design of the museum building was organized.
Planning a visit? Visit the official Vasa Museum website — the official site has the current visiting information.
How to get there
| Nearest town | Stockholm |
|---|---|
| Nearest airport | Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA) |
| Distance from the airport | 5.5 miles (straight line) |
Nearest major airport by straight-line distance from the landmark’s coordinates; road distance will be longer.
Airports near this landmark
The airports a visitor would actually fly into, nearest first — each link opens its profile on our sister site AirportProfiles.
- Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) · Stockholm, Sweden · 22.9 miles away
- Stockholm Västerås Airport (VST) · Stockholm / Västerås, Sweden · 54.3 miles away
- Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO) · Nyköping, Sweden · 56.0 miles away
Landmarks nearby
The closest landmarks in this library, by straight-line distance.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Vasa Museum?
The Vasa Museum (Swedish: Vasamuseet) is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden.
Where is Vasa Museum located?
Vasa Museum is in Stockholm, Sweden. Its coordinates are 59.3279° N, 18.0914° E.
How do I get to Vasa Museum?
The nearest town is Stockholm, and the nearest airport is Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA), about 5.5 miles away (straight line).
When was Vasa Museum built?
Vasa Museum was built 1990.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_Museum — Wikipedia article — overview, history and core facts (CC BY-SA).
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901371 — Wikidata — built year, architect, height/size, visitors, official website (CC0).
- https://www.vasamuseet.se/ — Official website of the landmark / managing body.
- https://github.com/jbrooksuk/JSON-Airports — Nearest major airport computed from landmark and airport coordinates (haversine); airport list: jbrooksuk/JSON-Airports.
Page last updated 13 November 2026.