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| Mary Rose closure deadline looms | Mary Rose closure deadline looms |
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| Visitors have until Sunday afternoon to go to see Henry VIII's warship the Mary Rose, before the exhibition is closed while a £35m museum is built. | Visitors have until Sunday afternoon to go to see Henry VIII's warship the Mary Rose, before the exhibition is closed while a £35m museum is built. |
| The ship's hall at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will shut for three years. | The ship's hall at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will shut for three years. |
| The Heritage Lottery Fund agreed to award £21m to the Mary Rose Trust, which has raised nearly £10m. | The Heritage Lottery Fund agreed to award £21m to the Mary Rose Trust, which has raised nearly £10m. |
| The museum will reflect the original ship's structure with Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory, docked alongside. | The museum will reflect the original ship's structure with Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory, docked alongside. |
| Other new features include galleries running the length of the vessel to imitate the missing port side. | Other new features include galleries running the length of the vessel to imitate the missing port side. |
| Loss of life | Loss of life |
| More than 60% of the collection of original artefacts, including uniforms, weaponry, medical instruments, eating utensils and silver tankards will be exhibited with atmospheric lighting to allow visitors to feel as though they are walking on board the ship. | More than 60% of the collection of original artefacts, including uniforms, weaponry, medical instruments, eating utensils and silver tankards will be exhibited with atmospheric lighting to allow visitors to feel as though they are walking on board the ship. |
| Mary Rose sank after 34 years of service with the loss of more than 400 lives on 19 July 1545. | Mary Rose sank after 34 years of service with the loss of more than 400 lives on 19 July 1545. |
| The hull of the ship was salvaged in 1982 and has been on display since. | The hull of the ship was salvaged in 1982 and has been on display since. |
| The trust aims to complete the work by 2012, in time for the Olympics. | The trust aims to complete the work by 2012, in time for the Olympics. |
| The ship will continue to be sprayed with preserving polyethylene glycol, a water-based wax solution, before being carefully dried for full display in 2016. | The ship will continue to be sprayed with preserving polyethylene glycol, a water-based wax solution, before being carefully dried for full display in 2016. |
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| The museum will reflect the original ship's structure |