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Forum Marinum is maritime museum located in Turku, 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 Turku Castle.[1]
Forum Marinum buildings from Bore
Exhibitions
The main exhibition was renewed in 2016 and it is now called Work at Sea. Other permanent exhibitions include:[2]
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)
