Established | 1999 |
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Location | Linnankatu 72, 20100 Turku, Finland |
Coordinates | 60°26′12″N 22°14′02″E / 60.436637°N 22.233975°E |
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: