Forum Marinum is maritime museum located in

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, Finland.

History

The museum was founded in 1999 by merging of Turku maritime museum established in 1977 and Åbo Akademi University museum of maritime history established in 1936. ''Lonely Planet Scandinavia'' describes it as "an impressive maritime museum," and notes that it is near

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.Andy Symington, Carolyn Bain, ''Lonely Planet Scandinavia'', 2013. Forum Marinum Panorama

Exhibitions

The main exhibition was renewed in 2016 and it is now called Work at Sea. Other permanent exhibitions include:Forum Marinum permanent exhibitions
Forum Marinum. * The Five Lives of our National Treasure (The history of the Suomen Joutsen from 1902 to 2009) * The Forum Marinum exhibition on board the Bore (History of the Bore from construction to the present day) * At the Shipyard (History of the Finnish Shipbuilding) * At the Engine Factory (History of the Ship Engine Manufacturing in Turku)

Museum ships

Full-rigged ship A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing ship, sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more mast (sailing), masts, all of them square rig, square-rigged. Such a vessel is said to have a ship rig or be ship-rigged, with each mas ...

Suomen Joutsen ''SuomenJoutsen'' is a steel-hulled full-rigged ship with three square rigged masts. Built in 1902 by Chantiers de Penhoët in St. Nazaire, France, as ''Laënnec'', the ship served two French owners before she was sold to German interest in 192 ...

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Barque A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel with three or more mast (sailing), masts of which the fore mast, mainmast, and any additional masts are Square rig, rigged square, and only the aftmost mast (mizzen in three-maste ...

''Sigyn'' * Bermuda

ketch A ketch is a two- masted sailboat whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast (or aft-mast), and whose mizzen mast is stepped forward of the rudder post. The mizzen mast stepped forward of the rudder post is what distinguishes the ketch f ...

Daphne Daphne (; ; , , ), a figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. There are several versions of the myth in which she appears, but t ...

'' * Steam

tugboat A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, suc ...

'' Vetäjä V'' * ''Turunmaa''-class

gunboat A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies. History Pre-steam ...

Karjala Karjala may refer to: * Karjala (beer), a Finnish lager-type beer manufactured by the Hartwall brewery. * Karelia (''Karjala'' in Finnish and Karelian), an area in Northern Europe ** Karjala (historical province of Finland), partly ceded to Russia ...

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Minelayer A minelayer is any warship, submarine, military aircraft or land vehicle deploying explosive mines. Since World War I the term "minelayer" refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines. "Mine planting" was the term for ins ...

''Keihässalmi'' * ''Von Fersen''-class

transport vessel Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people (passengers or goods (cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by watercraft has been widely used throughout recorded history, as it provi ...

''Wilhelm Carpelan'' * ''Nuoli''-class fast

'' Nuoli 8'' * ''Taisto''-class motor torpedo boat '' Tyrsky'' (''Taisto 3'') * MS ''Bore'', a former steam-powered

cruise ship Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports of call, where passengers may go on Tourism, tours k ...

currently used as a floating

hostel A hostel is a form of low-cost, short-term shared sociable lodging where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed in a dormitory sleeping 4–20 people, with shared use of a lounge and usually a kitchen. Rooms can be private or shared - mixe ...

* Coast

patrol boat A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval ship, naval vessel generally designed for Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defence, Border control, border security, or law ...

RV 214 (''Rautaville'') *

Police boat Police watercraft are boats or other vessels that are used by police agencies to patrol bodies of water. They are usually employed on major rivers, in enclosed harbors near cities or in places where a stronger presence than that offered by the h ...

''PMV-1391'' * Pilot cutter ''MKL 2103''

References

External links

Official website
Maritime museums in Finland Museums in Turku {{Finland-museum-stub