Åland Maritime Museum
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The Åland Maritime Museum (Swedish: Ålands sjöfartsmuseum) is a museum in Mariehamn in Åland, Finland. It is located in the western part of the town on the sea on Hamngatan, about 1 km (0.62 mi) at the other end of Storagatan. Along with Ålands Museum, it is the most important museum in the islands and a monument to the history of Åland as holder of the world's largest fleet of wooden sailing ships. The foremost exhibit is a four-masted barque named Pommern, built in Glasgow in 1903, which is anchored behind the museum. The museum designed building is built like a ship's prow cutting into the land. It has been called the "kitsch museum of fishing and maritime commerce."[1][2][3][4]
Ålands sjöfartsmuseum | |
Established | 1954 (1954) |
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Location | Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland |
Coordinates | 60.096944°N 19.926389°E / 60.096944; 19.926389 |
Type | Maritime museum |
Director | Hanna Hagmark-Cooper |
Website | Museum website |