Wednesday, October 20, 2010
# What: Artifacts & interpretation of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's favourite ship, raised from the bottom of the Solent in 1982, over 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 & to 4:45p.m. in winter. Open every day except Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & Boxing Day.
# Admission: All inclusive ticket is valid for all attractions at the Historic Dockyards, including countless entry for a year for some (but three times admission to the Mary Rose Museum). Tickets adult, senior, kid, student, & family of up to seven persons, including seven adults or seniors.
# Getting There:

* By train Trains leave regularly from London Waterloo & London Victoria for the hour & a half trip to Portsmouth Harbour. Check National Rail Enquiries for times & prices.
* By coach: Greyhound Buses from London Victoria cease at The Hard, a terminal area outside the way in to Portsmouth Historic Dockyards. The company offers discount fares to Historic Dockyard visitors.
* By automobile 72 miles south of London by the A3 & the M27. The Mary Rose Museum is close to the way in to the Historic Dockyards on the corner of Queen Street & The Hard. Parking on site & in nearby parking lots is signposted. A Park & Ride Service is available Saturdays & Bank Holidays.

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