Dive The Mary Rose 4D: The new immersive cinema experience
The Dive The Mary Rose 4D immersive cinema experience is a brand new attraction opening just in time for the Easter Holidays and will help visitors re-live the untold story of the world’s most famous shipwreck from the finding, excavating, and raising 40 years ago.
You can experience all the smells, sounds and – thanks to some brand new footage – you will be able to simulate the diving experience with the help of exciting never-used-before technology.
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Raising The Mary Rose
One of the things I can remember when I was younger was the extreme excitement around the recovery of The Mary Rose when it was reported on Blue Peter over 40 years ago. I was 11 years old and I can recall my Grandad taking my brother to see it in Portsmouth – and I was extremely jealous!
The Mary Rose had lay undiscovered for hundreds of years until the wreckage was located by divers back in 1971. What followed was 10 years of excavation with over 500 divers amassing 28,000 dives before it could be raised.
I was one of the 60 million out of a global TV audience who watched live back in October 1982 as the remains of this majestic ship were raised to the surface after 437 years.
The ‘Dive The Mary Rose’ 4D immersive cinema experience
Fancy being a diver but don’t want to go through all the kit, dives, etc?! Then this 4D immersive cinema experience includes all the smells, sounds of diving using your very special diving goggles!
All the narrators involved in the film, including Ross Kemp, have dived on the wreck site. Many of them, helped recover 19-thousand unique Tudor artefacts to add to the already impressive collection housed at The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Original archive footage includes His Majesty King Charles III (formerly HRH Prince of Wales), diving with the excavation team 40 years ago, before The Mary Rose was raised in a spectacular maritime salvage and recovery.
“Dive The Mary Rose 4D allows visitors to experience the final untold chapter of King Henry VIII’s most loved warship from the finding, excavation, and its painstaking raising. This spectacular immersive adventure is another exciting addition for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in time for the Easter school holidays. It also compliments the 1545 experience narrated by Dame Judi Dench, which allows visitors to see and feel for themselves what it was like to be on the ship as it sank on that fateful day all those years ago.”
Dominic Jones, CEO of the Mary Rose Museum
“I was delighted to be able to dive on the wreck site of The Mary Rose as part of my upcoming documentary series for Sky HISTORY. But nothing could have prepared me for what it was like to be able to help unearth history at the same time. Being part of Dive The Mary Rose 4D has given me a whole new level of respect for what was an incredible feat from a team of over 500 divers, engineers, and maritime experts. What they achieved with the raising of The Mary Rose, was nothing short of remarkable.”
Ross Kemp
How can I visit the Dive The Mary Rose 4D Experience?
Dive The Mary Rose 4D opened to the public on Friday 31st March 2023, to coincide with the start of the Easter school holidays.
It is expected to be a huge draw for families in helping all generations learn about one of the most important historical shipwrecks and collections of Tudor artefacts, shining a light on life 500 years ago.
The Ultimate Explorer Ticket gives unlimited access to all the incredible attractions at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, including HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, the Submarine Museum, the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Harbour Tours and much more for a full 12 months, so be sure to book in advance for the best savings!
For more information about Dive The Mary Rose 4D and to book your tickets visit: www.maryrose.org
