Mary Rose Museum & Ship Hall at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Dive in and Discover the Mary Rose

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Explore the Mary Rose

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Find out about the work done by the crew of the Mary Rose.

Conflicting Evidence Workshop (KS 3)

The session focuses on a continuing mystery: Why did the Mary Rose sink? It is designed as an exercise in analysing evidence. Using basic document skills, pupils examine four different primary sources about the sinking of the ship in 1545. Each of these pieces of evidence gives a different version of the same event. This gives rise to a discussion about the reliability of evidence. This is followed by some creative work. Each pupil designs a front page for a Tudor newspaper; the way in which the events are reported should reflect their individual conclusion.
Price: Standard visit charge plus £40 per workshop
Group size: vary, please enquire for more details

GCSE Leisure and Tourism

Length of session: half day
Find out about aspects of the Mary Rose Museum as a tourist destination. Your visit will start with a chance to see the Museum and Ship Hall. This will be followed by a lecture and question and answer session. Topics covered include: marketing and promotion, customer service and staffing, visitor profiles and target audiences, access issues and visitors with special needs.
Cost: £2.75 per pupil plus £40 per session

Henry VIII and the Mary Rose (KS 1)

Learn about Henry the VIII as a famous person with one of our costumed interpreters. Pupils have the opportunity to take part in the story telling session with puppets, followed by the chance to dress up in wonderful Tudor costumes and handle real and replica artefacts from the ship.
Price Standard visit charge plus £40 per workshop
Max 34 pupils

Life on board a Tudor Warship (KS 2)

Gun Drill and Hands on History:
During this workshop pupils are given the opportunity to train as members of a tudor gun team, working together to load and fire the massive replica gun. They then work as archaeologists, examining evidence from a selection of real and replica objects to discover more about ship's crew and the life of the period. Themes include technology, seamanship, leasure and clothing
Price: Standard visit charge plus £40 per workshop
max 36 pupils

Meet the Expert (All KS)

By arrangement, pupils can meet an expert – either a diver, an archaeologist or another member of the Mary Rose team. The session leader would give a talk followed by a question and answer session which links to a wide range of curriculum areas.
Price: Standard visit charge plus £40 per workshop
Group size: vary, please enquire for more details

Standard Visit to Museum

Experience a unique collection of tudor artefacts from Henry VIII's warship at the museum. You may meet one of our costumed interpreters or be able to handle a small number of real and replica objects.See the Ship in the Ship hall A specially adapted childrens audio guide is available to enhance your visit.
Price £2.75 per child

Time Detectives (KS 3)

Pupils work in small groups to examine a variety of replica artefacts from the Mary Rose. They are challenged to use their powers of observation and deduction to identify the various objects, some of which are completely unfamiliar. The task involves careful recording of the size of the objects and the materials from which they were made. The pupils have to consider what might be missing from the original artefact before finally working out its function. This is a hands-on session which provides an unusual opportunity to handle replica items from the Tudor period. Pupils return to school with their completed Artefact Recording Sheet.
Price: Standard visit charge plus £40 per workshop

Tudor Clothing (KS 2)

Tudor Clothes at the time of the Mary Rose and Gun Drill:
Working in small groups examining a variety of tudor clothing and accessories including items copied from evidence found on the ship. This gives a insight into how clothes reflect status, work, wealth and personality in the period. This is a hands on session with question and answers which ties in with history, PSHE and citizenship in the National Curriculum.
for information about gun drill see 'Life on Board a Tudor Warship'
Price: Standard visit charge plus £40 per workshop
max 36 pupils

Tudor Shipwreck (KS 1)

Pupils can develop literacy skills with a big book about diving on a shipwreck. Children have the opportunity to handle real and replica artefacts followed by the chance to search the museum for some real treasure using a specially developed workshop
Price: standard visit charge plus £40 per workshop
max 34 pupils

Museum Worksheet (KS 2+3)

KS 2 - This worksheet gives pupils a broader understanding of the Mary Rose looking at a variety of aspects including rich and poor on the Mary Rose and life on board the ship.
KS 3 - A maths worksheet or British History 1500-1750 worksheet is available.

Tudor Rat Worksheet (KS 2)

These worksheets give pupils the opportunity to find out about various crew members such as the archer, barber-surgeon and navigator in detail. They encourage pupils to focus on the artefacts in the museum.