New for 2021 and opening on July 26th 2021, you can experience 1545 – When their world ended. This is brand new immersive experience which allows you to re-live the final moments on board Henry VIII’s favourite ship. With the help of Dame Judi Dench, The Mary Rose comes to life in a never seen before way as visitors will be fully immersed in the Battle of the Solent and be amongst the Tudor warship sinking. 

This experience will now be the introduction into the museum before you can walk around their impressive collection that was on The Mary Rose. 

CEO of the Mary Rose Museum, Dominic Jones, said, “We’re delighted to be able to bring to life the final moments of the Mary Rose with 1545 – as a spectacular interactive experience. It’s an exciting addition for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard over the summer holidays and will give visitors a way to understand how her story as a warship ended, and how ours as a museum began.”

Whilst this is not a typical thrilling attraction for us to review, it was thrilling to see and hear the stories told from staff and fellow guests of The Mary Rose and the Tudor times. It’s surprising how much history can be told from what was salvaged and how much we wouldn’t of known if it wasn’t with us today.

We got to meet Henry VIII and some other members throughout our journey at the attraction, which helped deliver these stories and helped us learn a little more. Without them and the passionate staff, this wouldn’t be what it is today. We must say thank you to Past-Times Living History who were a part of that team. 

Going back to the 1545 experience, Dame Judi Dench added “I remember being one of the millions who watched The Mary Rose being raised from the Solent in 1982, and it’s a memory that has stayed with me ever since. Her incredible story both before she sank and now afterwards reveals so much about our history and 1545, as a new immersive experience is a great introduction to those fateful final moments overseen by King Henry VIII.”