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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

While we love welcoming you to our museum, we know that it's not possible for everyone to come and see our wonderful exhibition. That's why we try to make sure that you can at least get a taste of the experience through our online offerings, be they our blog, or our social media posts.

The Mary Rose, on display in the Weston Ship Hall at the Mary Rose Museum

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

POV: You enter the Mary Rose Museum expecting to see "just a bit of old wood" #ShipPicSaturday

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Thought the Mary Rose sank first time out? Think again...

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Thought the Mary Rose sank first time out? Think again...

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Not sure what we like more about this scabbard chape; ➡️ The little heart cut-out that would have been handy back at Valentines day. ➡️ The way he looks like a bearded king going "Ooooooh!" ➡️ That it was found in 2004, 22 years after the rest of the Mary Rose.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

TOMORROW AT THE MARY ROSE MUSEUM! 🪢 Luck, knots, and sailor superstitions.🪢 Thursday 9th Apr 2026 | 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Inspired by objects recovered from the Mary Rose, create your own macramé good luck charms in this free workshop courtesy of Downtown Pompey! maryrose.org/events/luck-...

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Luck, knots, and sailor superstitions. - Mary Rose

Create your own macramé good luck charms and leave your superstitions in our string archive.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Down in the galley of the Mary Rose, a tile with a dog's pawprint was found. We believe this was an accident - the tiles were left out to dry and a dog got into the yard, stepping on at least one tile. Still, no reason to waste a perfectly good tile, so it was used!

A terracotta tile, unglazed, with a clear impression of a dog's paw print, complete with the claw marks.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The Mary Rose has proven inspirational to many historians, but it turns out Henry VIII's favourite ship is the favourite of a few musicians too, who've produced their own tributes over the years! Discover more, and even listen to a few, in our latest blog! maryrose.org/songs-from-t...

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Songs from the Mary Rose

The Mary Rose has been an inspiration for musicians and songwriters for decades. In that time, there have been many tracks on vinyl and CD.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Last week we made a joke about replacing half of the ship with KitKats, but when we do replace missing parts, we tend to stick to frosted acrylic, which allows us to show what an object may have looked like before it was damaged.

A frosted acrylic outline of a pouch, hanging from a real brass belt hanger recovered from the Mary Rose. Next to it is another without the pouch.

A bronze culverin sitting on a clear acrylic gun carriage. We do have to original, but it's not in great condition, and this allows you to get a better idea of how it was assembled.

A small fragment of a glass stem and bowl, with an outline of how it may have appeared when in use. It honestly looks a LOT like a sundae glass, but it was probably used for wine rather than ice cream...

A halberd, a staff weapon with replacement bladed/spiked head based on known examples from the period. Usually the wood goes and leaves the iron heads, but iron doesn't enjoy being exposed to seawater.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

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Songs from the Mary Rose

The Mary Rose has been an inspiration for musicians and songwriters for decades. In that time, there have been many tracks on vinyl and CD.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Full of chocolate? Have a look at this picture of the Mary Rose. It won't help you feel less full, but at least you've seen a picture of the Mary Rose.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Happy Easter! This leather pouch, recovered from the Mary Rose, features an amazingly well preserved monogram depicting the letters IhS, embroidered in silver thread. This is almost certainly the Sacred Monogram, representing the name of Jesus Christ.

A closeup of the letters I, H and S, embroidered in silver thread on a leather background.

The leather pouch, showing the IHS monogram, a decorative pattern around it and the loops on the back that allowed it to be attached to a belt.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Today is the Boat Race, the competition between Oxford and Cambridge universities where teams of rowers race down the river Thames, but on 21st March, 1513, the Mary Rose took part in a race around the Kent coast, in which her performance lead her to being described as "the noblest ship of sail"...

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The Mary Rose – Racing Yacht? - Mary Rose

The Mary Rose is often thought of as being unstable, yet in 1513, she took part in a race around the Kent coast.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

If they ever fancy coming down to Portsmouth...

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

EASTER AT THE MARY ROSE MUSEUM! This week: 👩‍🍳 Meet the Tudor cook 6th - 8th, 10th April | 1130, 1230, 1330 and 1415 🥄 Spoon making and optional egg decorating 6th - 8th, 10th April | 1100 to 1500 maryrose.org/events/scene...

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Scenes from a Tudor City: Easter - Mary Rose

This Easter, discover what the Tudors liked to cook and eat, what food they could find and how healthy it was compared to our 2026 diet!

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Come and see history in action this Thursday and Friday with our Fiddle Loom demonstrations at the museum, 11am to 3pm! maryrose.org/events/scene...

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

This wristguard, belonging to one of the bowmen of the Mary Rose, features several overlapping depictions of the crucifixion of Christ, with his mother Mary and his disciple John at the foot of the cross.

A reddish-brown wristguard, with horizontal stripes and a number of embossed images of the crucifixion.

A closeup of the imprints on the wristguard

A line drawing of the embossed image, showing the crucifixion.

Not sure why there seems to be a happy crab above Jesus...

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

We are OPEN all four days of the Easter weekend, so if you'd rather not spend it watching the snooker, why not come and enjoy; 🐕 🔍 Hatch’s History Detectives trail! 🎥 🤿 Dive the Mary Rose 4D! 🏺 👈 Handle real and replica Tudor objects recovered from the seabed!

People sat in a cinema, watching footage 4D footage of the Mary Rose being raised.

Children looking at real and replica objects recovered from the Mary Rose

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Come and see history in action this Thursday and Friday with our Fiddle Loom demonstrations at the museum, 11am to 3pm! maryrose.org/events/scene...

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This crudely carved oak object, found in a cabin towards the bow of the Mary Rose, is a fiddle loom, and was used to weave sturdy strops for use onboard.

The fiddle loom is crudely carved from a single piece of oak. It stands 655mm high from the top of the head to the base of the body with a maximum width of 375mm. A triangular opening cut into the wedge-shaped top provides a handle. Nine vertical ‘slots’ cut into the body of the loom created ten vertical
‘slats’. Each slat features a drilled hole (six–seven mm diameter) positioned approximately at the midpoint of the slat’s height.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Ever heard the story about how, during the excavation of the Mary Rose, the divers combined ketchup and mayonnaise and created Marie Rose sauce, which became internationally famous?

A crawfish cocktail with Marie Rose Sauce.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Fancy upgrading your easter crafts? For an extra £1, you can decorate a replica egg to go with your model spoon - but how will you decorate yours? maryrose.org/events/scene...

Five model eggs, decorated with patterns, an easter chick, an easter bunny and the face of a grumpy Henry VIII

A papercraft spoon with a decorated egg in the bowl.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The Mary Rose's longbows were conserved by Robert Hardy, who was in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with Gary Oldman, who was in JFK with Kevin Bacon Any other museums able to beat 3 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon?

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a man with long hair and a denim jacket smiles in the desert

ALT: a man with long hair and a denim jacket smiles in the desert

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Meet the Tudor cook Monday 30th March to Friday 10th April (weekdays only), excluding 1st and 9th April Come and meet our Tudor cook and townsfolk, and discover what was being dished up both during Lenten fasting and Easter itself, before voting for your favourite! maryrose.org/events/scene...

A picture of a lady next to a fire, with a cauldron hanging from a spit over it. she's holding a long-handled ladle, and looks like she's about to wallop a sheepish-looking chap sat next to her.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

EASTER AT THE MARY ROSE MUSEUM! This week: 👩‍🍳 Meet the Tudor cook 30th - 31st March, 2nd - 3rd April | 1130, 1230, 1330 and 1415 🥄 Spoon making and optional egg decorating 30th - 31st March, 2nd - 3rd April | 1100 to 1500 maryrose.org/events/scene...

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Scenes from a Tudor City: Easter - Mary Rose

This Easter, discover what the Tudors liked to cook and eat, what food they could find and how healthy it was compared to our 2026 diet!

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Don't forget that British Summer Time starts tonight, so if you still have clocks around your house, remember to put them forward an hour! Now, how to you add an hour to a sundial?

A small wooden sundial, recovered from the Mary Rose, with the gnomon still in place and a circular indentation for a compass, which was used to align it to north more easily.

A small wooden sundial, recovered from the Mary Rose, with a circular indentation for a compass, which was used to align it to north more easily. The numbers are a bit more defined on this example

A small wooden sundial, recovered from the Mary Rose, with a circular indentation for a compass, which was used to align it to north more easily. It also has the remains of its case, two hemispheres that also may have acted as a pomander.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Wet weather? 🌧️ Visit a museum. Sunny Weather? ☀️ Visit a museum. Cold Weather? ❄️ Visit a museum. Changeable weather 🤷🤷‍♀️ Visit a museum. Basically, museums are the best. Especially ours. maryrose.org

A view of the Mary Rose from the bow, showing the outer hull and the cradle, opposite three galleries filled with Tudor objects.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

EASTER AT THE MARY ROSE MUSEUM! This week: 👩‍🍳 Meet the Tudor cook 30th - 31th March, 2nd - 3rd April | 1130, 1230, 1330 and 1415 🥄 Spoon making and optional egg decorating 30th - 31th March, 2nd - 3rd April | 1100 to 1500 maryrose.org/events/scene...

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Scenes from a Tudor City: Easter - Mary Rose

This Easter, discover what the Tudors liked to cook and eat, what food they could find and how healthy it was compared to our 2026 diet!

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The earliest known depiction of an English navigational compass is from a portrait of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, painted in 1562. These two were on the Mary Rose when she sank in 1545. We also found this third one, though it's not in good condition... maryrose.org/meet-the-cre...

A wooden navigational compass, missing its rose and needle, in a square wooden box that has a sliding lid, which is shown behind the box. It is attached by a series of brass rings, allowing the central part to stay upright in rough seas.

A wooden navigational compass, in a round wooden box. with its lid. It is attached by a series of brass rings, allowing the central part to stay upright in rough seas.

A wooden disc with a piece of lead in the middle and a metal spike sticking up.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Got to be honest, this has done a lot better here than it has on other channels. Have we found our people?

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

One of the officers on the Mary Rose owned this small bone panel featuring figures dressed as angels carrying torches. Similar panels are known from caskets made in Venice, and along with other continental objects, so it is thought that this particular gentleman was Italian.

A rectangular piece of bone with a pair of skirted figures with high wings, carrying torches side-by-side. A small window is visible at the top.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This ceramic jar, recovered from a chest in the Surgeon's cabin, was found with a cork in the opening, so while there is some contamination, we do have the contents. Apparently it contained fern oil, dispersed in milk.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

There comes a time when, on a Sunday morning, you just want to look at an old ship. Of course, we'd prefer it if you came and saw it in person... MaryRose.org

The Mary Rose, on display in the Weston Ship Hall.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

On this day, 21st March 1513, the Mary Rose attempted to prove her value as a sailing vessel by taking part in a race against the rest of the English fleet. SPOILERS: she won.

A painting of the Mary Rose and the rest of the fleet sailing towards you. Adapted from a painting by Roger Purkiss

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This bell bears the Flemish inscription IC BEN GHEGOTEN INT YAER MCCCCCX, or "I was made in the year 1510", the same year that the Mary Rose was laid down. It now hangs in our museum, and you can hear it ring every half hour, just as it would have 500 years ago... maryrose.org/artefacts/th...

A bronze bell, hanging from an acrylic hanger in front of a room filled with people looking at backlit displays about the Mary Rose.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Why do we feel like there was a mix up, and somewhere Bonnie Tyler was sitting in front of a white background with a scale bar and an archive number...

A thimble and four thimble rings, photographed on a light box so it has moody 80s power ballad-style lighting.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Why do we feel like there was a mix up, and somewhere Bonnie Tyler was sitting in front of a white background with a scale bar and an archive number...

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Celebrate #StPatricksDay with a flask of Tudor Guinness!🍀 Yes, we know the harp symbol predates Guinness, and represents the Celtic ruling classes, but we wanted to do something fun, and this wine flask was perfect...

A rather worse-for-wear leather flask, with a large Celtic harp scratched into the surface.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

At some point, a Tudor sailor finished drinking from this tankard, unaware it was the last time he'd ever use it.

A wooden tankard, with a handle and lid, recovered from the Mary Rose.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

At some point, a Tudor sailor finished drinking from this tankard, unaware it was the last time he'd ever use it.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

We're at Westleigh Park as Mary Rose makes her mascot debut for the match between #PompeyWomen and #bristolcitywfc! #PlayUpPompey

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Treat your Mum (or mother figure) this Mother’s Day to a FREE regular tea or coffee when you buy a cake or any other product in the Mary Rose Café at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard! maryrose.org/visit/shop-a...

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Happy Mother's Day! 🌼 Henry VIII was close to his mum, Elizabeth of York (1466-1503). As the youngest son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, Prince Henry was taught to read and write by his mum, and was apparently heartbroken when she died.

Elizabeth of York, a pale lady in a gable hood and holding a white rose.
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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Need a gift for your mum this Mother's day but, as always, you've left it a bit late? Why not book her on our flower arranging workshop, where she can make a delightful Easter wreath! Two sessions take place on 28th March 2026, so book now to avoid disappointment! maryrose.org/events/easte...

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Easter wreath making - Mary Rose

Make floral wreaths at the Mary Rose Museum - an ideal decoratative centrepiece for Easter, in our 90-minute workshop

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