Family activities at the Vasa Museum

The Vasa Museum
2022-02-17 — 2025-12-31At the Vasa Museum the whole family can share an adventure.
AUDIO GUIDE FOR CHILDREN
“The Boy and the Ship – a Trip into the Past” is a new audioguide for children. It is about Olof who grows up in Stockholm in the 1620s. He works at the shipyard where the king’s new magnificent ship is being built and dreams of sailing with it…
The audio guide is free and you listen to it on your own phone or tablet, with headphones if you have. It is available in English, Finnish, German and Swedish.
For children aged 8–12 years accompanied by an adult.
FAMILY TRAIL
Discover the ship Vasa’s history by following a family trail through the museum, children and adults together at your own pace. It is available as a printed brochure at the museum, in several languages, or digitally in English and Swedish via the museum’s website. The museum has free WiFi.
Suitable for children from age 6.
THE VASA PIGLET
Film
One day a piglet called Lindbom leaves his beloved mud puddle and heads out on a great adventure on board the warship Vasa.
The film is based on the book “The Vasa Piglet” written by Björn Bergenholtz.
The film is 17 minutes long and suitable for children from the age of 3 and is shown several times per day in different languages.
Trail
After watching the film, you can follow in Lindbom’s footsteps through the museum. Free trail guides in English and Swedish can be found by the film screening or at the information desk. Go with the Piglet Lindbom through the museum and answer tricky questions based on the film. The guide also contains activities that you can do at home. Suitable for children from age 3.
THE FILM ABOUT VASA
For older children (and for adults), there is a film about Vasa which gives a good introduction to the ship’s unusual and exciting history. It tells you about the construction of Vasa at the ship yard, the sinking, about life in Stockholm during the early 1600s, and about the salvage, excavation and preservation of the ship. The film is 17 minutes and shown in several languages.
Suitable for children from age 6.
FULL-SCALE MODEL
You can also enter a full-scale model of a part of Vasa and see the crew’s belongings that have been found – all in the exhibition Life onboard.
For more information, please visit the Vasa Museum’s website: vasamuseet.se/en/visit/kids–families