Historical stories, conservation and collections updates and other stories from the Mary Rose
While we're all stuck indoors why not bring the world of the Mary Rose to your home through the medium of LEGO!
We have a number of models to make, with instructions for making them yourselves. Don't worry if you don't have all the pieces, you can always improvise a...
Popular imagination inspired by movies and paintings shows the great Tudor explorers stood on the upper decks of their ships, one hand on the ship’s wheel as they search for foreigners to shoot at. However, the famous ship’s wheel, used alongside the anchor to represent all things maritime, wasn't in...
One of the more unexpected objects found on the Mary Rose wreck site is a Coconut, which may or may not have been on the Mary Rose. It was found in the scour pit caused by the ship on the seabed, but the layer of mud it was found it...
The Black Death hit Portsmouth several times in the city's history, with particularly nasty outbreaks in 1349, 1558, 1625 and 1665/6, but we're going to take a look at the outbreak that hit Henry VIII's fleet in September 1545.
You aren't allowed to dive on the Mary Rose wreck site, but you can still experience the fun of diving with your own Cartesian Diver!
You've probably noticed in the Autumn that Innocent smoothies are given little knitted hats. These bottles are part of Innocent's Big Knit, which raises money for Age UK.
We thought a great way to support this scheme would be by designing some mini hats of our own and ...
Okay, so they're not real holograms, but if you've ever wanted to see an object float before your eyes, we have the thing for you!
See one of our 3D artefacts as a miniature 'hologram' by following the instructions below to make your own holoprism!
The conservation work undertaken on the Mary Rose’s objects involves not only preserving and stabilising the artefacts, but continuing to look after them when on display or in storage, to make sure that they can be studied and enjoyed by future generations.
Our collection comes from the largest underwater archaeological...
Following a day visit to the museum last year with the University of Chichester Primary Education course, Sophie Snook opted to undertake her special interest placement at the museum.