Slite sjöfartsmuseum
Volunteer-run maritime museum in Slite harbour on Gotland’s seafaring history, with a wheelhouse, radar, engines and ship models.
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About the museum
Slite sjöfartsmuseum (Slite Maritime Museum) was started in 1998 as its own association in close cooperation with Boge-Othems hembygdsförening (Boge-Othem Local Heritage Society). Its purpose is to collect, preserve and show objects and stories that illuminate Gotland’s seafaring history, and the museum is run by enthusiasts who want to show all the work that men, women and ships have done to keep society going. Today the museum is a section within Slite-Othem-Boge hembygdsförening.
In the museum premises there is a wheelhouse and a navigation cabin under construction, a radar installation, ship models, life-saving equipment from vessels connected with Slite, a library and a marine art exhibition. On the ground floor old engines are being restored, for example a Vänern, a Lister from the 1950s, a Göta and a Solo. Visitors may touch the objects and ask questions of the museum’s experts.
Outdoors there is a working slipway that can handle loads of up to 30 tonnes. The members have also built a monument to the refugee flow from the Baltic during the final phase of the Second World War, made from stones from the old Apotekskajen (Pharmacy Quay) in Slite.
Highlights
- Wheelhouse, navigation cabin and radar
- Old engines being restored and run
- Ship models and life-saving equipment
- Working slipway for loads up to 30 tonnes
- Monument to the refugee flow from the Baltic
- Open on Monday evenings
Permanent exhibition
- Museets samlingar – Wheelhouse, navigation cabin, radar, old engines, ship models, life-saving equipment, library and a marine art exhibition.
- Founded
- 1998
- Operated by
- Slite-Othem-Boge hembygdsförening (sektionen Slite sjöfartsmuseum)
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
The museum is in Slite harbour, Kronbrunnsgatan 5.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Visits outside opening hours can be booked by arrangement. Visitors may touch and turn the objects and ask questions of the museum’s experts and the digital inventory system. |
