Please note: From 16th April we will be telling the ‘story of the Mary Rose’ as the original objects are progressively removed from display in preparation for the new museum. Visitors are invited to learn about the ship and her crew through artefact handling and hands-on activities. Specially commissioned films, narrated by TV historian Dan Snow, relay the story thus far and explain the science behind the conservation of the artefacts, how they are being treated and protected in perpetuity.
Visitors can meet the crew on a daily basis with our costumed interpreters and get to grips with a collection of original and replica artefacts for handling. Challenge your friends and family to a gun drill with our full-size replica breech loading gun – and learn how awesome a weapon it really was.
Visitors will be able to see the hull of the Mary Rose again at the end of 2012 when the new museum opens. The ship will be visible in its final phase of conservation
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Three sunken ships - The English warship The Mary Rose sank in 1545. The Swedish naval ships Vasa and Kronan sank in 1628 and 1676 respectively. In a temporary exhibition, the Vasa Museum is bringing together original artifacts from the three ships, some of them shown for the very first time. Visit the website to find out more.
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The Mary Rose is based in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Built between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII.
After a long and successful career, she sank accidentally during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology.
