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Mary Rose Museum is one of six attractions in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyards - original home of the British Royal Navy.
Mary Rose Basics
- What: Artifacts and interpretation of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's favorite ship, raised from the bottom of the Solent in 1982, more than 450 years after she sank.
- What else: A new museum being built around the preserved hull of the Mary Rose herself. The new museum is scheduled to open to the public in 2012, in time for visitors to the London Olympics.
- Where: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LJ
- Contact: Visitors Centre, +44 (0)23 9283 9766
- Hours:From 10a.m. to 5:30p.m. in Summer and to 4:45p.m. in winter. Open every day except Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
- Admission: All inclusive ticket is valid for all attractions at the Historic Dockyards, including unlimited entry for a year for some (but one time admission to the Mary Rose Museum). Tickets adult, senior, child, student, and family of up to five persons, including two adults or seniors.
- Getting There:
- By train Trains leave regularly from London Waterloo and London Victoria for the hour and a half trip to Portsmouth Harbour. Check National Rail Enquiries for times and prices.
- By coach: Greyhound Buses from London Victoria stop at The Hard, a terminal area just outside the entrance to Portsmouth Historic Dockyards. The company offers discount fares to Historic Dockyard visitors.
- By car 72 miles south of London via the A3 and the M27. The Mary Rose Museum is close to the entrance to the Historic Dockyards on the corner of Queen Street and The Hard. Parking on site and in nearby parking lots is signposted. A Park and Ride Service is available Saturdays and Bank Holidays.
- Visit their website
- Visit the Mary Rose Trust
Other attractions included in the same admission price are:
- Queen Victoria's ironclad ship, HMS Warrior
- Harbour tours, weather permitting
- National Museum of the Royal Navy
- Action Stations, an activity attraction with physical challenges, simulators and technology
- HMS Victory, the Royal Navy's most famous warship, the oldest commissioned ship in the world, on which Admiral Lord Nelson was fatally wounded during the Battle of Trafalgar.
