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Welcome to the Vasa Museum's press room. Here you will find our press releases, press images and films. If you are missing something or would like to know more, please contact us.

Press releases

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Press images

Here you will find a selection of general images. The material is free to use for editorial purposes. Please credit the photographer and source.

For more images, please see the press releases where there are related press images. There is also a large selection of images in DigitaltMuseum.

The museum

The ship

The Support Vasa project

Vasa with old and new supports
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The warship Vasa with old (left) and new (right) supports

Photo: Anneli Karlsson, Vasa Museum/SMMTF.

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Staff

Press films

Here you will find a selection of general press films. The material is free to use for editorial purposes. Please credit the photographer and source.

The Vasa Museum

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Aerial photographs of the Vasa Museum

Photo: Shortcut Media AB.

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1. The Discovery

Anders Franzén, Vasa's rediscoverer, looking for Vasa with his self-constructed core sampler.

Excerpt from the film ”Vasa 1628”, 2011. Producer: Anders Wahlgren.

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2. The Examination

Chief diver Per Edvin Fälting diving with the team. Artefacts are being salvaged and Vasa is towed.

Excerpt from the film ”Vasa 1628”, 2011. Producer: Anders Wahlgren.

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3. The Salvage

Vasa breaks the water surface and floats on its own keel. The Swedish king Gustav VI Adolf visits.

Excerpt from the film ”Vasa 1628”, 2011. Producer: Anders Wahlgren.

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4. Onboard Vasa

Archaeological excavations of Vasa after the salvage.

Excerpt from the film ”Vasa 1628”, 2011. Producer: Anders Wahlgren.

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5. The Conservation

After the salvage, Vasa was treated for 17 years with the preservative PEG.

Excerpt from the film ”Vasa 1628”, 2011. Producer: Anders Wahlgren.

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