Mary Rose

About

In the space where cannon barrels bearing the marks of shots fired in battle are displayed, when the wind passes through, it is as if the sounds of naval battle brush past the ear. The central hall, surrounded by the remains of the hull, is a quiet place that makes one forget time, as if the crew's daily life and moments of battle still breathe together there. In every corner densely lined with weapons and navigational instruments, the life of the sixteenth-century navy faintly comes alive. Walking among the restored artifacts, one comes to feel that the waves of the sea this ship once sailed, once leading Henry VIII's navy, still continue even now. The sinking of the Mary Rose is not merely a historical event, but a space holding traces of a time where the sea, war, and human courage and fate intersected.