Mary Rose Museum

About Mary Rose Museum

The Tudor warship museum inside Portsmouth Historic Dockyard hires its Wardroom for meetings and away days of up to 18 people, with tea and coffee included. After hours the galleries can be booked for dinners and drinks receptions, with the museum listing evening capacities of 90 and 150+. It suits board meetings, client hospitality and evening receptions with a strong sense of place.

• Paid parking
• Step free
• Accessible loos
• Hearing loop
• Near station
• Ev charging

Finding the door

Inside Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: enter at Victory Gate; the museum is about 400-500 m further in, behind HMS Victory

Dockyard tickets are sold and scanned at the Visitor Centre just inside Victory Gate; event guests should confirm arrival arrangements with the events team. The Wardroom (up to 18) is the meeting room; evening events use the museum galleries.

Parking

No on-site parking at the museum. Historic Dockyard car park (Admiralty Road, PO1 3GW) is the official car park; others are Wickham Street (PO1 3EF), The Harbour car park (PO1 3EQ, no height limit) and Gunwharf Quays. Blue Badge spaces in the Dockyard car park, first come first served.

• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard car park (Admiralty Road)

  Nearby · 11 min walk · 295 spaces · EV charging

  Time limit: No maximum stay (24-hour parking, charged per 24 hours)

  Up to 2 hrs £3; 4 hrs £6; 6 hrs £8; 8 hrs £10; 24 hrs £15; then £15 per 24 hrs

  24 hours

Getting here

M27 junction 12 then M275, following 'Historic Waterfront' then 'Historic Dockyard' signs. Portsmouth Harbour station and The Hard bus interchange are a few minutes' walk from the Dockyard entrance. Park and Ride PR1 from M275 junction 1 runs every 15 minutes to The Hard. Gosport Ferry and Isle of Wight catamaran arrive at Portsmouth Harbour.

• Portsmouth The Hard Interchange (Stand L) · 7 min walk

  1, H1 (other stands: 2, 13, 14, 21, PR1 Park and Ride, National Express)

  Walk time estimated from straight-line distance.

• Portsmouth Harbour · 10 min walk

  South Western Railway, Southern

  Walk time estimated from straight-line distance; the museum is inside the Dockyard, about 400-500 m beyond Victory Gate.

Inside

Access: Museum described as fully accessible for wheelchair and scooter users, with lifts (audio announcements) to every floor, an accessible toilet with adult changing facilities (hoist, adjustable table), and an audio loop in exhibition spaces. A buggy can collect visitors from the Dockyard entrance, subject to availability.

Food and drink

Museum café by day. Wardroom bookings include complimentary tea and coffee; evening events offer dinners and drinks receptions with canapés.