“Preserve Vasa” is a 150 sqm permanent exhibition at
 Stockholm’s Vasa Museum. The Vasa Museum receives 
over one million visitors a year. This subjects the ship
 to a lot of strain and, as a result, world-leading 
research is being conducted at the museum in order
 to counteract this effect. The exhibition describes the
 hi-tech fight against the forces of nature that has
been central to the history of Vasa ever since she sunk
 in 1628. Scientists are looking for clues at molecular 
level to understanding the decomposing processes
 in the wood and how they can be controlled. Visitors are invited to step into enormous enlarged 
oak cells, to study the complexity of preserving a 
hull of Vasa’s size through films, photography, 
artefacts, slide shows and interactive stations.