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Stories from the past: a personal relic from the Mary Rose

Personal possessions hold great importance in exploring life on the Mary Rose. We can use them to learn more about the people who owned them, their beliefs and roles.

Alexander McKee’s shot in time: The gun that confirmed the Mary Rose

Mystery of a Queen

When the Mary Rose sank in 1545, Henry VIII was married to his sixth wife, Katherine Parr, so why was the symbol of his first wife on a wristguard on board the Mary Rose?

HMS Mary Rose (1915)

The story of HMS Mary Rose (1915), which shared a similar fate to its Tudor namesake during World War I when it was lost in battle…

The Grace Dieu of Henry V

In our latest Collections blog we take a look at the Grace Dieu, ship of Henry V, which didn’t have as exciting a career as the Mary Rose…

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

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

Education in Tudor England

What options were available for the Tudors when it came to education, and would the crew of the Mary Rose have gone to school?

CRASH! The moment that made a nation jump

Everybody who watched the raising of the Mary Rose remembers the moment when the cradle fell, but what actually happened?

The 180-year-old Mary Rose souvenirs

When the Mary Rose was first rediscovered in the 1830s, everyone wanted a piece of the ship, and with these souvenirs, they could have one…