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Meet the Volunteers - Tony Green 05 Jun 2018
Tony Green - Volunteer guide

To celebrate Volunteers Week 2018, we've asked our volunteers to share their experiences of volunteering with our visitors.

Today we meet Tony Green, a volunteer who works in our museum and learning centre.

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Meet the Volunteers - Graeme Barber 04 Jun 2018
Graeme Barber - Collections Volunteer

To celebrate Volunteers Week 2018, we've asked our volunteers to share their experiences of volunteering with our visitors.

Today we meet Graeme Barber, a volunteer who is helping us scan our extensive image archive..

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Meet the Volunteers - Mike Wyles 01 Jun 2018
Mike Wyles - Volunteer guide

To celebrate Volunteers Week 2018, we've asked our volunteers to share their experiences of volunteering with our visitors.

Today we meet Mike Wyles, a volunteer who works in our museum and learning centre.

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Photography at the Mary Rose 20 May 2018
Getting the best from photography at The Mary Rose

If you’ve ever visited the Mary Rose, or seen pictures of the interior, you will be aware that it's somewhat dark in the museum. We have lighting where possible, and we hold special Lights-Up mornings to assist those with visual impairment, but for conservation reasons, as well as to...

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Mary Rose: International Ship of History 18 May 2018
Tudor England was more multicultural than you might think...

When people think of the Tudors at Sea, they think of the Age of Exploration, people like Sir Walter Raleigh sailing around the world, discovering countries, bringing back vegetables and, oh, everything. While this was true during the reigns of Henry VIII’s children, He was less concerned with exploration, and...

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Reflections on EMYA 12 May 2018
Now that we have heard all the presentations, it is more appropriate to reflect on the Award

"As I write this it is at least 10 hours before we hear the result but I am even optimistic now than when I was thinking about it on the plane. I am biased, but we are of course the best.

 

Naturally, my views may not be the...

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