Professor Schofield also receives £5000 and a medal.
On receiving the prize, Professor Schofield said:
“I am delighted and overwhelmed to be awarded this prize. It is a pleasure and a privilege to be able to work in the world of heritage, with amazing colleagues, volunteers and research collaborators....
Cardiff University academics, in partnership with the Mary Rose Trust and the British Geological Survey, used cutting edge scientific techniques to reveal the ancestry, childhood origins and diets of some of the crew who perished on the ship in 1545 AD. This information has been used to explore where, in...
The partnership of the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) and the Mary Rose Trust (MRT), in conjunction with Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust (PNBPT), have announced that Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will reopen to visitors on Monday 17 May at 1000hrs with tickets already on sale, and timed booking...
The Mary Rose in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard has received a grant of £327,652 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the Trust’s continued recovery from the pandemic and to reopen in line with Government guidelines.
More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural...
Renowned historian, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, becomes a trustee of Portsmouth’s Mary Rose.
As a world leading expert on Tudor history, Suzannah will bring unrivalled knowledge and expertise to her role as Trustee, adding to the rich narrative of this British icon which gives an unparalleled insight into everyday life 500...