This summer we're giving kids free entry to The Mary Rose, home of the pride of Henry VIII's fleet and many of the thousands of objects recovered alongside her from the seabed!
Don't miss out on our amazing upcoming events for all the family!
In May we gave visitors the opportunity to help recreate a famous Tudor portrait of Henry VIII. This time, we're going even bigger, and recreating the colourful Cowdray Engraving, a giant picture showing the whole of Tudor Portsmouth on the day that the Mary Rose sank, as a LEGO® brick...
As part of the 2018 Heritage Open Days, the Mary Rose is excited to be able to offer a behind the scenes tour of the work involved in caring for the unique Mary Rose Collection. As part of this tour, you will have the opportunity to see artefacts not...
The lighting within the Mary Rose Museum is designed to create a stunning atmosphere and display, as well as helping protect the delicate collection of artefacts within the gallery showcases. Some visitors with a visual impairment or those with other medical and physical conditions can find our lighting levels to...
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500 years. A heartbeat away.
Discover the events of 19 July, 1545 - the day the Mary Rose was lost.
Over 19,000 objects were recovered from the Mary Rose.
Discover how we look after them.
"In its final state, the Mary Rose Museum is an exceptional achievement - a museum that has finally reached its last stage of its progressive evolution which started 35 years ago (1982). It is close to perfection in fields as different as the presentation of historical research, underwater archeology, conservation techniques, experimental archeology, architecture, scenography and virtual reality. The ship is now revealed totally, freed from all the technical drying equipment, with various light effects and film screenings on or above the ship itself.
‘Ship, Objects and People’ are the three elements now shaped into in a fascinating history and an impressive display. The emphasis given to the daily activities of the crew on board and the projections over the decks of the original ship's structure strengthen the human dimension of the Mary Rose."