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Forum Marinum

Forum Marinum
Forum Marinum logo.png
Established 1999
Location Linnankatu 72,
20100 Turku, Finland
Coordinates 60°26′12″N 22°14′02″E / 60.436637°N 22.233975°E / 60.436637; 22.233975
Type Maritime Museum
Visitors 56 000 (2006)
115 000 (2014)
Director Tapio Maijala
Website www.forum-marinum.fi

Forum Marinum is maritime museum located in Turku, Finland.

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.

The main exhibition was renewed in 2016 and it is now called Work at Sea. Other permanent exhibitions include:



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