Vrak – Museum of Wrecks explained

The Vrak – Museum of Wrecks is a Swedish museum of maritime archeology in Stockholm in Sweden. It is managed by the Maritime Museum in Stockholm and was opened in September 2021 in Boat hangar No 2 at Galärvarvet (Galley Shipyard) at Djurgården.

Operations

The project is planned by the Maritime Museum in cooperation with the Marine Archeology Institute of the Södertörn University, Maris.^[1]

The Museum of Wrecks shows the Baltic Sea cultural heritage, especially some of the almost one hundred identified old shipwrecks at the bottom of the sea.^[2]

References

• About marine archeology at the website of Sjöhistoriska museet (Swedish), läst den 10 August 2019

External links

• Official website
• Video on the Baltic Sea cultural heritage

Notes and References

1. Statens Maritima Museer Web site: Press releasem January 24, 2018, kl 12.00. https://web.archive.org/web/20180125020219/http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/statens_maritima_museer/pressreleases/nytt-marinarkeologiskt-museum-om-oestersjoens-vaerldsunika-kulturarv-2386739. 25 January 2018. 24 January 2018.
2. Statens Maritima Museer Web site: Östersjöns skatter. https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005219/https://www.ostersjonsskatter.se/. 7 February 2018. 6 February 2018.