Mary Rose Archaeological Services Ltd [MRAS] is a contracting company wholly owned by the Mary Rose Trust. The Trust has over 40 years of unrivalled expertise in the conservation of waterlogged organic artefacts.
MRAS has access to more maritime archaeological conservation capacity than any other facility in Europe if not the world. We are able to make these facilities available fulfilling our responsibility as the leading UK museum for maritime archaeology and conservation [UKMCS]. As a result of our research with maritime museums and Universities around the world, MRAS can offer the archaeological community the latest organic waterlogged wood conservation technology. Over the last 40 years we have acquired unrivalled experience in a variety of fields, including:
Our conservation facility is based in Portsmouth and contains a range of treatments tanks that have capacity up to 15,000L. These are fully accessible with overhead gantries to manoeuvre items. We have 3 different sizes of freeze dryer available for use including our largest which measures 6 metres in length and 2 metres in diameter.
Mary Rose Archaeological Services have worked on a number of significant archaeological projects through the years, including;
Contact us using the below form or write to:
Mary Rose Archaeological Services Ltd,
College Road,
HM Naval Base,
Portsmouth,
PO1 3LX, UK.
Or phone Dr Eleanor Schofield or David Pearson on +44 [0]23 9275 0521
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