{"id":1930,"date":"2016-07-28T09:49:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T09:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjofartsmuseum.ax\/ommuseet\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T10:22:39","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sjofartsmuseum.april.ax\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00c5land Maritime Museum manages and mediates \u00c5land’s maritime heritage, with reference to the present and to the future.<\/h2>

A brief history<\/strong><\/p>

Our origins lie in the 1920s when \u00c5land sea captain Carl Holmqvist started to collect nautical objects, realising the days of sailing ships were over.\u00a0 In 1935 he co-founded \u00c5land Nautical Club with the aim of establishing a maritime museum for \u00c5land.\u00a0 The museum building, designed by architect Jonas Cedercreutz, was completed in 1949 and five years later the \u00c5land Maritime Museum opened to the public.<\/p>

Through contributions from \u00c5land seafarers and shipping companies the collections continued to grow.\u00a0 In 1986 \u00c5land Nautical Club donated all museum objects, archives and the library to the newly formed trust \u00c5land Maritime Museum.<\/p>

An extension as well as comprehensive renovation of the original building commenced in the autumn of 2009. The museum re-opened on 26th April 2012. The original building, drawn by Jonas Cedercreutz in the 1940\u2019s, got an extension designed by architects Johanna Vuorinen and Esa Kangas.\u00a0 The exhibition lay-out was designed by Helsinki-based studio Amerikka, in cooperation with Jouni Kaipia. In March 2015 the Trust was entrusted full management of the historic tall ship Pommern, owned by the Town of Mariehamn. A major investment in the visitor experience on board has since been done; as well as the building of a dry dock that Pommern moved into in 2019.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The \u00c5land Maritime Museum Trust has received several awards for its work. In November 2017 the Trust received the Save the Children award for its inclusive educational work, in the spring of 2016, the Finnish Museums Association crowned the Maritime Museum \u2018Museum of the Year\u2019 and in the autumn of 2015 the Trust was given Visit \u00c5land\u2019s annual tourism award for its contribution to the tourism industry.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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ABOUT US \u00c5land Maritime Museum manages and mediates \u00c5land’s maritime heritage, with reference to the present and to the future. 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