The Oskarshamn Maritime Museum is located in

Oskarshamn Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010. History Etymology Döderhultsvik was the original name before a town charter was granted in 1856. The name was then chan ...

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. The Museum exhibits items related to the merchandise shipping and

shipbuilding Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other Watercraft, floating vessels. In modern times, it normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation th ...

activity in the Oskarshamn area.

History

The Oskarshamn Maritime Museum was founded in 1954. The main part of the exhibition is located to ''Kulturhuset'' at ''Hantverksgatan 18'' in the central parts of Oskarshamn. The Museum was completely remodeled in 2012. In 2009 a new branch of the museum was opened in a building at the harbour-area, exhibiting the

marine steam engine A marine steam engine is a steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat. This article deals mainly with marine steam engines of the reciprocating type, which were in use from the inception of the steamboat in the early 19th century to thei ...

from 1912 that once powered the SS ''Gustafsberg VII'', as well as a number of smaller wooden boats. The

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 ...

''S/S Nalle''

moored A mooring is any permanent structure to which a seaborne vessel (such as a boat, ship, or amphibious aircraft) may be secured. Examples include quays, wharfs, jetties, piers, anchor buoys, and mooring buoys. A ship is secured to a mooring to f ...

nearby, is also a part of the museum. The ''S/S Nalle'' was built and launched at the

Oskarshamn Shipyard Oskarshamn Shipyard is a shipbuilding and repair facility located in Oskarshamn, Sweden. General information The shipyard company was established in 1863, when a dry dock was built in Oskarshamn. About 540 vessels have been built and launched at ...

in 1923.

Collection

The main museum at ''Kulturhuset'' exhibits a large collection of

ship model Ship models or model ships are scale models of ships. They can range in size from 1/6000 scale wargaming miniatures to large vessels capable of holding people. Ship modeling is a craft as old as shipbuilding itself, stretching back to ancient ...

s and ship portraits, as well as navigational equipment, photographs, nautical charts, films, books and ship construction drawings. There are also items related to the

ferry A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus ...

traffic between Oskarshamn and

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, which has been going on since more than a century.

References

Maritime Atlas.eu about the Oskarshamn Maritime Museum.

Oskarshamn Maritime Museum at the Oskarshamn Municipality homepage (in Swedish)

Småland-Öland.se - Information on Oskarshamn Maritime Museum

Association of the Oskarshamn Maritime Museum (in Swedish)
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