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Blog - Collections

Mary Rose – International Superstar

Tue 03 Dec 2024

Portsmouth is at the heart of the Mary Rose story, but over the last 50 years her stories have been shared worldwide.

Blog - Collections

Conservation of a gun carriage: Preserving objects for future generations

Mon 04 Nov 2024

One of my jobs as a Conservation Intern at the Mary Rose Trust in the summer of 2024 was to clean and conserve the gun carriage…

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Post-Tudor discoveries in the search for the Mary Rose

Tue 01 Oct 2024

Post-Tudor artefacts, ranging from the 16th to 20th centuries, provide insight into the stories of the Solent after the loss of the Mary Rose.

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Shells and Stones: Ballast and the Mary Rose

Tue 10 Sep 2024

Exploring the thrilling world of ballast on the Mary Rose, and elsewhere in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard…

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Style and society on the Mary Rose

Mon 05 Aug 2024

What can clothing tell us about the people on board?

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How the English Militia faced the French raids during the Battle of the Solent

Mon 22 Jul 2024

Discover the role of the militia during the ‘Battle of the Solent’, England’s land army, defending the coastline from enemy raids.

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Going greener at the Mary Rose

Tue 28 May 2024

It is important for the Mary Rose Museum to include environmental sustainability in all that we do. In this blog we celebrate receiving an award for the sustainability of our conservation labs as well as looking at other ways the Mary Rose is becoming greener.