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The Divided Sea

Six findings from the bottom of the sea take you through the Baltic nations' common history. You start at the Stone Age settlement Tybrind Vig, nowadays under water. Then the findings from warships, trade ships and a sunken submarine tell their part of the Baltics’ story. The Divided Sea ends with the disaster of MS Estonia, a collective trauma.

The exhibition displays authentic photos and archival material: both in traditional ways and through multimedia and interactive moments. Findings from the different archaeological sites carry their stories of alliances, of war and trade, of life and death, of great historical moments and individual destinies.

Tybrind vig

At the bottom of a Danish bay lies the remains of a settlement from the Middle Stone Age. It is amazingly well preserved and bears witness to life and death on the Baltic coast. Back then, 7,000 years ago, the area was dry land. A group of people lived here by a protected lagoon. They fished, hunted, collected clams, seeds and plants. They made tools, ceramics and fabrics, and they had boats.

Battle at Oliwa 1627, by Adolf Boy. Foto: The Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Solen - the sun set at Gdańsk

In and around the Baltic Sea, extensive trading took place during the 17th century. Attempts to control Baltic Sea trade were made not only by the various nations of the region, but by German merchant towns. Conflicts often arose, such as the longstanding battles between Poland and Sweden in the 1620s.

Photo: Petri Puromies

Vrouw Maria – The luxury goods of an empress

In 1771, Vrouw Maria was en route from Amsterdam to St. Petersburg. Its hold was filled with exclusive goods and artefacts for delivery to Empress Catherine the Great and others.

U-479 – A coffin of steel

In 2013, a German submarine was found off Odensholm in Estonia. It was identified as a U-479.

Photo: Pär-Henrik Sjöström.

Estonia

On 28 September 1994, the MS Estonia sank during a severe storm. Of approximately 1,000 people on board, 137 survived. The accident is the Baltic Sea’s worst peacetime disaster. Today it is a designated marine grave site where diving is banned.

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