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THE VILLAGE
Unique model of Öresund (The Sound).
Fisherman street: Fishing-tackle
Yard street: A typical fisherman´s home. Navigation instruments. Model of a boat used for smuggling.
Kattegatt street:
Carpenters tools. Ship models.
Rope-maker street: Captain´s cabin from a sailing-ship.
Ship models.
Quay street: Ship stores.
Merchant street: Different craftsmen.
THE DECK
Wheelhouse and galley from a trawler. Life saving
equipment.
THE BRIDGE
Model of the old fishing village of Råå and the harbour. Ship models.
THE LOFT
Sail maker. Blocks. Careenage.
THE BOAT HALL
In the
boat hall
you can see the sailing boat
(Golden Lady) which Kurt Björklund used for his three one-man
sailing-voyages around the
world.
He “went to sea” at the age of 15. The ship he worked on was torpedoed by the
German air force during the 2nd World War outside the British coast.
To take revenge on the Germans he joined the British army and took part in
Operation Overlord – the invasion of Normandy. He returned to Sweden and
Helsingborg some years after the War. After many years of service on the ferries
between Helsingborg and Helsingör he started his first one-man trip
around the world
in 1980 at the age of 59. His last voyage ended in Råå the day
before he celebrated his 70th birthday.
In the boat hall you can also, among other things, see the fishing-boat Jäntan with equipment for tuna fishing.
THE MOTOR HALL
Part of repair shop. The museum's collection of old engines.
Maritime paintings
Among the
maritime paintings
is a large collection painted by Lars Petter Sjöström.
He was born in Råå 1820. He worked as sailor and
captain before settling
down in England. After a few years in England he returned to Sweden
in
1866 and
settled down in Malmö. During a period of about 20 years he made 2000 maritime
paintings. All of them with a sailing ship, which shows its starboard bow and
with the wind coming in on port side. The museum
has the largest collection
of his paintings in Sweden.
OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM
Old boats, winder for careenage,
different anchors and a cannon from the bark
Tana.