In the 17th century Poland strove to be “master of the Baltic Sea” and her
seafarers were dedicated to maintaining Poland’s maritime presence. The
themes of the displays in the Maritime Museum are Gdańsk’s seafaring
traditions and navigation on the Vistula. Exhibits include a reconstruction
of scenes from a sailor’s life aboard the Swedish ship Solen , sunk at the Battle of Oliwa in 1627 and raised from the
seabed in the Gulf of Gdańsk in 1970.