15. One of the most visited sights in Stockholm is The Vasa Museum. What is the main attraction of this museum?
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Answer:
The warship Vasa
The Vasa Museum, stablished in 1990 in Stockholm, displays the unique and well preserved warship Vasa. Vasa was the most powerful, expensive and richly decorated war ship built in Sweden until 1628. On August 10, 1628, the authorities and the local population went to the port of Stockholm to see the Vasa depart. However, instead of the departure they witnessed a disaster: the capsizing and sinking of the ship, a few minutes after setting sail for the first time.
In 1956, amateur archeologist Anders Franzer located a large piece of wood belonging to Vasa. A rescue operation was then set up by the Swedish authorities. On April 24, 1961, after 333 years at the bottom of the sea, Vasa was finally taken out of the water and temporarily transferred to a shipyard. Vasa, 700 sculptures that decorated it, and more than 26,000 artifacts can be seen at the Vasa Museum.