The Vasa Museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th century galleon that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank shortly after being launched to great fanfare in 1628. Sweden's King Gustav had ordered this highly ornamented ship to show his power and control the Baltic Sea. A wind blew Vasa onto its side, allowing water to pour in through the open gun ports. The ship lay in the mud at the bottom of the harbor until the 1960s, when it was resurrected and restored, a process that took 17 years.
This is the museum exterior with some of our tour members approaching.
This is the Vasa. 
It would originally have been brightly painted, like these recreated carvings. 
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