GREENVILLE – From a section of the hull structure weighing more than a ton, to tiny glass beads, artifacts recovered from the wreck of the purported Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s flagship, will be on display Saturday, April 25. Open Lab Day at the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Laboratory will showcase items recovered from the shipwreck site near Beaufort. Seven tiny nesting cups are the latest exciting discovery in conservation lab. Four of the seven cups are marked with a fleur de lis symbol, a marking commonly used in France. This French connection is another possible link to La Concorde, the French slave ship commandeered by Blackbeard in 1717 and refitted to become the Queen Anne’s Revenge. Researchers will answer questions at this fun, free program.
WHO: Conservators Sarah Watkins-Kenney, Wendy Welsh, Shanna Daniel, QAR archaeologists
Mark Wilde-Ramsing, Richard Lawrence, David Moore and others
WHAT: Display of artifacts from the wreck of the probable Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s
Flagship
WHEN: Saturday, April 25, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
WHERE: QAR Conservation Lab, ECU West Research Campus, 1157 VOA Site C Road, Greenville
For information, call 252-744-6721. The Queen Anne’s Revenge Shipwreck Project is administered by the Office of State Archaeology within the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the state agency dedicated to the promotion and protection of North Carolina’s arts, history and culture. Now podcasting 24/7 with information about the Department of Cultural Resources, all available at www.ncculture.com.