ASHEVILLE — A cannon ball, window glass and gold dust from the wreck of Blackbeard’s flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), will be on exhibit at the Cultural Resources Western Office from May 31 to July 13. State and local officials will attend the May 31 ribbon cutting before the public opening on June 1. It [...]
BEAUFORT — North Carolina students in the 4th through 8th grades can free their imaginations and ask questions about Blackbeard and the wreck of his flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), during a live online stream from the Watercraft Center at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort on Friday, May 31, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. They’ll learn how [...]
January 11, 2013 – 3:00 pm
BEAUFORT – Thanks to a grant from the Carteret Community Foundation, local educators can get the new Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge educational posters for free. In response to the growing demand for information and educational materials about the wreck of Blackbeard’s flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, the North Carolina Maritime Museum staff will design a series of eight educational posters about the shipwreck project [...]
October 29, 2012 – 5:00 pm
The Museum of the Albemarle will hold “History Tales: Make It, Take It” on Friday, November 9, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. Participants must be elementary age and accompanied by an adult. Participants will discover the legend of Blackbeard the Pirate through Nell Wise Wechter’s book “Teach’s Light.” This book has been handed down for three [...]
October 19, 2012 – 10:30 am
BEAUFORT – Gov. Bev Perdue joined N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda Carlisle in celebrating the scientific research and tourism benefits that have derived from the study of the shipwreck of Blackbeard’s flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge. It also was announced today at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort that more than $400,000 of a $450,000 goal [...]
October 15, 2012 – 4:00 pm
BEAUFORT–As part of “National Archaeology Day” the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort will host a number of fun-filled activities related to the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR) project on Saturday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. With a focus on artifacts recovered from the wreck of Blackbeard’s flagship, conservators will explain how the items are freed from the cement-like [...]
October 8, 2012 – 10:30 am
The Museum of the Albemarle’s Junior Docents will present Haunted Albemarle at the Museum on October 26, 2012 from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm. Two short films “Tarheel Mysteries and Legends” and a favorite Halloween cartoon will be shown in the Gaither Auditorium. While you are here you may decorate a mask, make a light [...]
[youtube width="475" height="337"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSE0qxARI_c[/youtube] The pirate Blackbeard made a legendary name for himself by terrorizing those he encountered. Although he is the world’s most notorious pirate, he had a fairly short career. Blackbeard expert and Nautical Archaeologist David Moore recaps the carreer of Blackbeard, the world’s most notorious pirate.
In honor of the “Pirate’s!” musical program planned by the North Carolina Symphony at Koka Booth Amphitheater in Cary, N.C., Saturday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m., the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources will have artifacts on display from Blackbeard’s shipwreck “Queen Anne’s Revenge.” Dr. Jeffrey J. Crow, Deputy Secretary of Cultural Resources, along [...]
From Britain, Canada, the Netherlands, and 26 states in the U.S., a tide of more than 12,000 fans swept through the North Carolina Maritime Museum doors in just seven days to experience the new “Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge 1718″ exhibit in Beaufort. Fans of pirates, history, archaeology and mystery find a great story in the exhibit [...]
-ONGOING- Discovery Time Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays Now – August 11, 3 p.m. These family friendly programs engage visitors on topics of maritime history, culture and the natural environment of coastal North Carolina. A detailed schedule will be posted at the Museum and at www.ncmaritmemuseums.com. Free. Details: (252) 728-7317. Diving Through History Exhibit June 26 [...]
BEAUFORT – As Hollywood pirates reign on the big screen, Blackbeard will soon rule in a big, new exhibit at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort. In 1718, the notorious pirate ran his flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), aground in Beaufort Inlet, roughly two miles from where the Museum stands today. On Saturday, June [...]
January 4, 2011 – 10:44 am
RALEIGH – A case exhibit of small artifacts from the wreck of what is believed to be Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, will be on display at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh from Jan. 7 through 30. The QAR (www.qaronline.org) ran aground in Beaufort Inlet in 1718, and the N.C. Department of [...]
GREENVILLE – When conservator Wendy Welsh went diving on the shipwreck believed to the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, she did not expect to find flecks of gold. But there they were, in the sediments and concretions, the cement-like casings around objects at the wreck site. Welsh will share this and other details of [...]
November 25, 2009 – 3:05 pm
BEAUFORT – Blackbeard the pirate is widely remembered for the way he lived and the bloody way he died. Although Nov. 22, 1718, is the generally accepted date of his death, there is some question on that, according to N.C. Maritime Museum Blackbeard expert David Moore. It could be Dec. 3. All depends on what [...]