From wrecks to riches
Two major exhibitions have been announced: one set to open at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery later this month, and the latest British Museum blockbuster, which will open in May.
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In Norwich, The Last Voyage of the Gloucester: Norfolk’s Royal Shipwreck, 1682 will showcase artefacts from a 17th-century warship whose discovery was revealed last year (CA 389). The Gloucester sank off the Norfolk coast in 1682 while carrying the future James VII and II to Scotland, and due to the age and prestige of the ship, the condition of the wreck, and its political context, it has been compared to the Mary Rose in signifi
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