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Lonely Planet review

This excellent maritime museum is set back from the riverfront near the castle. The permanent exhibition is housed in an old granary and has a comprehensive look at different aspects of ships and shipping, including scale models, full-size vessels - check out the hydrocopter, WWII torpedoes and multimedia displays (including a puzzling account of a Crimean War naval engagement in which not very much happened!).

The newer building opposite has regular exhibitions, as well as several vessels and a cabin from a luxury cruise-liner; Turku's shipyards produce some of the classiest of these. There's a good café and shop in the foyer.