Maritime Museum, Stockholm

Maritime Museum, Stockholm (Sweden)

The Maritime Museum in Stockholm Sweden is a museum for naval history merchant shipping and shipbuilding. Located in the Gardet section of the inner-city district Ostermalm the museum offers a panoramic view of the bay Djurgardsbrunnsviken. The building was designed by architect Ragnar Ostberg and built in 1933-36. The museum houses about 900000 photos 50000 objects and 45000 drawings all related to the sea coast ships and boats past and present. A major part of the collection the boats are housed in Boat Hall 2 at Galarvarvet in Stockholm. The boat collection ranges from canoes to Skerry cruisers.