COLLECTIONS
Crankshafts and coffee pots, silk shawls and stoker’s caps, figureheads and funnel symbols: our collections cover all aspects of Åland’s maritime history from 18th century farmer-seafaring to modern global shipping. Our world class collections have been built up through the generous donations of individuals, shipping companies and other businesses and we gladly consider new donations.
Library
In our library you will find a wealth of nautical literature relating to Åland and beyond, including Lloyd’s shipping registers from 1764 onwards.
Items
The Maritime Museum’s collections consist of objects, photographs, archival material and books representing Åland’s maritime heritage. The bulk of the collections has been acquired through donations and bequests from private individuals, shipping companies and other business. Thanks to all these generous contributions the Maritime Museum’s collections are of the highest international standard.
Archives
The Åland Maritime Museum archives contain a plethora of material for those who want to delve deeper into Åland’s maritime past; muster rolls, log books, business correspondence, private letters, sea charts and ship drawings as well as a large photographic collection.
Some of the material has been digitized. In our digital archive you can find muster rolls, seamen’s registers and ship’s records. The documents from our archive have been photographed or scanned and can be read as original text. The digitization of selected parts of the archive is an ongoing project and new material is published continuously. At this stage of the digitization project, material from the Mariehamn and Vårdö Seamen’s House is published.
If you are interested in making a physical visit to our archives, or you need help, please contact us. You can book your appointment by sending an e-mail to info@sjofartsmuseum.ax.
