Tudor and Stuart
Emmy Award winners worn in hit BBC series The Tudors to return to Mary Rose Museum
Joan Bergin's designs for the likes of Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Joss Stone in the BBC series go back on display in Portsmouth as part of a show of support for rebuild plans.
Archive discovery brings colourful life of Shakespeare's rival Ben Jonson into focus
As new Hollywood Shakespeare movie Anonymous ignites debate about the Bard's plays, an archive discovery shines more light on the life of his contemporary Ben Jonson.
Jonathan Rhys-Myers and Joely Richardson's BBC Tudors outfits star at Royal Armouries in Leeds
The makers of BBC series The Tudors and designer Joan Bergin have lent a series of "sexy and foxy" outfits worn by stars to the Royal Armouries' Tournament Gallery.
Giant £2 coin floated at sea as Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and Royal Mint honour Mary Rose
Planners for the Mary Rose Museum have joined forces with the Navy and the Mint for a high sea escapade to honour the 500th anniversary of the Tudor warship sinking in the Solent.
Curator's Choice: Nick Booth discusses a print about George Abbot, the unwanted Archbishop
Nick Booth, of Guildford Museum, explains his interest in a print of the Legend of Archbishop George Abbot’s Birth.
Tapestries made for Mary Queen of Scots castle return to Stirling in £2 million Renaissance plan
A set of tapestries replicating 16th century weaves have been hung at Stirling Castle after a decade in the making.
St Fagans puts Henry VIII's 1536 Act of Union on display in Wales for the first time
St Fagans National History Museum has put the document on display that explains the origins of modern Welsh governance.
In Pictures: First map of Great Britain put online by Cambridge University Library
The library at Cambridge University is celebrating its 400th birthday by putting quirkily-illustrated maps from The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, the first comprehensive atlas of the......
Conservators get to grips with Tudor paintings as Chichester Cathedral appeal gathers pace
Conservators begin restoring Chichester Cathedral’s Tudor Paintings as the £250,000 appeal to save them continues.
Mary Rose Trust launches schools time capsule competition
The Mary Rose is looking for a 2011 time-capsule to be buried in the foundations of its new Museum.
Mary Rose Museum to return artefacts to original setting on Henry VIII's Tudor warship
A video update from the £16.3 million development, which will be split into two areas in the context of the original juggernaut.
Tudor Golden Angels head to Oxford as Ashmolean gains glittering Asthall Hoard
The Ashmolean Museum has announced the acquisition of a spectacular Tudor hoard of 210 English gold angel coins.
In Pictures: A closer look at the angels and dragons of the Asthall Hoard at the Ashmolean
A closer look at the Asthall Hoard - the remarkable haul of Tudor coins recently acquired by the Ashmolean Museum.
Boffins use space science to unlock the secrets of Suffolk Tudor tombs
Archaeologists and academics at the University of Leicester are deploying space technology to investigate Tudor tombs.
Work begins on new £35 million Mary Rose Museum
Construction work on the museum to unite the iconic wreck with the 19,000 artefacts found onboard has begun in Portsmouth, exactly 28 years after Henry VIII's Tudor ship was raised from the Solent.
