Mary Rose Museum
Concept plan of the new Mary Rose Museum by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
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| Established | 1984 |
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| Location | Portsmouth, United Kingdom |
| Type | Maritime museum |
| Key holdings | Mary Rose warship |
| Collection size | 19,000 artefacts |
| Owner | Mary Rose Trust |
| Website | www |
The Mary Rose Museum is a historical museum located at Historical Dockyards in Portsmouth in the United Kingdom run by the Mary Rose Trust.
The museum is dedicated to the 16th century Tudor navy warship Mary Rose as well as the historical context in which she was active. The museum opened in 1984 and displays artefacts from the ship as well as the ship itself in a dedicated ship hall, while it has been undergoing conservation. In September 2009 the ship hall was closed to allow the start of construction of a new museum that was opened at the end of May 2013. The complete conservation of the Mary Rose will be finished in 2016, when she will be fully integrated with the new museum environment.
The Mary Rose Museum (2013) was designed by architects Wilkinson Eyre, Perkins+Will and built by construction firm Warings. The construction has been challenging because the museum has been built over the ship in the dry dock, which is a listed monument. During construction of the museum, conservation of the hull continued inside a sealed "hotbox". In April 2013, the polyethylene glycol sprays were turned off and the process of controlled air drying began. In 2016 the "hotbox" walls were removed and after reopening on 20 July 2016 the ship is currently on display behind glass. This new museum displays most of the artefacts recovered from within the ship in context with the conserved hull. Since opening it has been visited by over a million people.
Coordinates: 50°47′58″N 1°06′27″W / 50.7995°N 1.1074°W
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