Maritime Museum and Aquarium

Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet

Explains the maritime history of Gothenburg, West Sweden and of the fishing industry; has models of sailing ships. An aquarium in the basement, consisting of an "ocean lab" for visitors, a main tank with sharks and kinds of small fishes and some small tanks with coral, jellyfish and starfish. There is a lookout just by the museum, on the top of the pillar of the "Seamans wife", where you can view the harbour, but it is not open every day.

• museum
• viewpoint
• history
• family

Address

Karl Johansgatan 1-3

Getting there

Stigbergstorget, Majorna

Website

sjofartsmuseetakvariet.se (opens in a new tab)