Re-discovering Vrouw Maria
Researchers and students at the Department of Media (Media Lab) in Aalto University School of Art and Design, have created an interactive, real-time, virtual reality simulation about the Vrouw Maria shipwreck. This latter was a 18th Century Dutch vessel that sank in Finnish waters on its way to Saint Petersburg bearing a precious cargo destined for the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia. The work was undertaken in collaboration with the National Board of Antiquities (NBA) Maritime Archaeology Unit (The Vrouw Maria Underwater Project) and the Maritime Museum of Finland. The project is being realized during the years 2010-2012.