Torekovs Sjöfartsmuseum

About the museum

Torekovs Sjöfartsmuseum (Torekov Maritime Museum) lies on the slope in Torekov harbour, in an untouched shoreline setting with a view over Kattegat and Hallands Väderö. The museum's best-known building is Skjulet, also called Börsen, a small black timber house from the 1700s. It was used by seafaring and fishing families as a lookout for returning boats and, for a time, as a waiting room for the passenger boats to Hallands Väderö.

Since 1950 Skjulet has been owned by Torekovs Sjöfarts- och Hembygdsförening (Torekov Maritime and Local Heritage Association), which set up the museum in the 1950s. The building was listed as a heritage site (byggnadsminne) in 2013. In Skjulet, name boards and figureheads are displayed, mainly from sailing ships that were broken up in Torekov. Next to it lies the stern section of the schooner Fram from Brantevik, together with a cabin from the sailing ship Hoppet of Länna, where objects from the long overseas voyages of the Bjäre sailors are shown.

On the crest between sea and harbour there are also cannons and a signal mast, and out on the cliff Gibraltar stands the village flagpole, Barfothastången. The association also looks after the old lighthouse of Vinga skär, Emils ruff (a deckhouse built from parts of the ship of the line Stockholm, broken up in Torekov in 1923) and the Skanshuset NAEMI, which was saved when the ship NAEMI, built in Finland in 1889, was scrapped.

Highlights

• Skjulet (Börsen), listed building with name boards and figureheads
• Stern section of the schooner Fram and cabin from the Hoppet of Länna
• Cannons, a signal mast and the flagpole Barfothastången on the Gibraltar cliff
• Emils ruff and the Skanshuset NAEMI with maritime objects
• View over Kattegat and Hallands Väderö

Permanent exhibitions

• Skjulet – Name boards and figureheads from sailing ships broken up in Torekov.
• Kajutan – The stern section of the schooner Fram and a cabin from the Hoppet of Länna, with objects sailors brought home from overseas voyages.

Operated by

Torekovs Sjöfarts- och Hembygdsförening

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is on the slope in Torekov harbour, by the slope down to the sea and Hallands Väderö.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

Emils ruff on Torekov's southern shore area (strandmal) can be rented for SEK 500 per time slot (8:00–12:00, 13:00–17:00 or 18:00–23:00). There is no water or toilet, so the rental time is short. Registration is made through Torekov Tourist Office, tel. +46 431 36 31 80.

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