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Historical stories, conservation, news and collections updates and other stories from the Mary Rose.

Bones from Tudor Mary Rose shipwreck suggest handedness might affect collarbone chemistry
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Bones from Tudor Mary Rose shipwreck suggest handedness might affect collarbone chemistry

The first ever analysis of the collarbones of sailors from one of Henry VIII’s largest ships, the Mary Rose, has shed new light on their lives and occupations.

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Commemorative inscriptions on the Museum’s walls: make your mark!
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Commemorative inscriptions on the Museum’s walls: make your mark!

Commemorative inscriptions, appearing on the outside of the Mary Rose Museum – an iconic building in its own right – offer a unique opportunity to memorialise loved ones, or to celebrate a love of Tudor history, or even the Mary Rose itself!

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Post-Tudor discoveries in the search for the Mary Rose
Blog - Collections

Post-Tudor discoveries in the search for the Mary Rose

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
Blog - Collections

Shells and Stones: Ballast and the Mary Rose

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

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Decoding and Diving: New Workshops at the Mary Rose
Blog - Learning

Decoding and Diving: New Workshops at the Mary Rose

We are always looking for ways to tell new stories at the Mary Rose Museum, so we developed two new workshops to offer to schools.

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Style and society on the Mary Rose
Blog - Collections

Style and society on the Mary Rose

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 
Blog - Collections

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.

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Going greener at the Mary Rose
Blog - Collections

Going greener at the Mary Rose

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.

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University of Portsmouth strategic partnership
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University of Portsmouth strategic partnership

A new collaboration has been cemented with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Mary Rose Trust and University of Portsmouth.

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