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The #MuseumWeek celebration of museums worldwide is back! The first of 7 daily themes is one of “beginning,” i.e., #OnceUponATimeMW. We’re jumping in with a thread on the backstory of our own @InteriorMuseum. (1/9) Interior Museum's circular bison logoThree men looking at and working a large-scale museum dioram
In 1935, the @Interior’s responsibilities are expanding and have outgrown its WWI-era HQ building. 32nd Interior Secretary Harold Ickes endeavors to build a new HQ – the 1st federal building in Washington DC to be fully conceptualized & built in the FDR administration. (2/9) Architectural, birds-eye view drawing of the Interior headqu
Realizing that @Interior is a large, complex agency, constructing the new 1930s HQ is also seen as an opportunity to be more to be more transparent and relevant to the American people. One of many new elements specified for inclusion is a public #museum. (3/9) Black and white photograph of a 6-winged building under cons
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Heartstone is perfect for Tudor fans as it has some very accurate depictions of the Mary Rose and Tudor Portsmouth.

Which is hardly surprising because we helped with the research! #OnceUponAtimeMW The Book Heartstone by C J Sansom is part of a Tudor detectiThe start of the dedication in the book. I am very grateful
But there are some more nuggets from the book you can find in our museum that we want to share with you.
And because we are responsible readers, be aware, spoilers ahead!
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Ah, the story of the Mary Rose, where do we begin?

No, really, where do we begin?

#OnceUponAtimeMW
Does the story begin in 1509, when a young ambitious prince becomes king, and decides that one of his first acts will be to increase the number of ships in his late father's 'Army by Sea'?
#OnceUponAtimeMW Henry VIII as a young, curly haired beardless 18 year old, n
Does it begin in 1511, when one of those ships, The Mary Rose, sets sail from Portsmouth to get fitted out with guns in London?

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