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May Programs at the N.C. Museum of History

April 9, 2009 – 8:56 am

Ah . . . May brings beach days and calm ocean breezes. But the seas are stormy at the N.C. Museum of History, where pirates wreak havoc in the exhibit Knights of the Black Flag. May’s slate of programs includes two fascinating lectures about these seafaring scoundrels.
Pirates won’t invade the coastal waters of the exhibit [...]

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Questions and Answers in the Queen Anne’s Revenge Lab

March 26, 2009 – 3:13 pm

GREENVILLE – Visitors soon will see how researchers figure out what are some of the artifacts recovered from the wreck of the purported Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, found near Beaufort. The loot includes gold dust, cannons, ballast stones, bones, and bells, among more than 100,000 recovered artifacts. Conservators analyze and document the artifacts [...]

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The French Connection and Fleur de Lis at Shipwreck

March 10, 2009 – 2:17 pm

RALEIGH – Coming from the 12th to the 21st century, seven nesting cups deliver a big message about the presumed wreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, found near Beaufort. The first discovered fleur de lis pattern (a stylized “flower of the lily”) was found on the third smallest of the cup-shaped weights. [...]

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Museum of History Opens “Knights of the Black Flag” Exhibit

March 9, 2009 – 9:55 am

Marauders. Plunderers. Bloodthirsty sea-thieves. Whatever their name, pirates have wreaked havoc on the high seas since waterway travel began. These seafaring scoundrels command attention in a major exhibit that opened Friday, March 6, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Knights of the Black Flag explores the legacy of pirates, from ancient times to [...]

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Knights of the Black Flag

January 22, 2009 – 4:36 pm

Pirates — those swashbuckling, seafaring scoundrels — will swagger to the forefront in a major exhibit opening Friday, March 6, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Knights of the Black Flag will explore the legacy of infamous rogues of the high seas, from ancient times to the present. Intriguing artifacts, legends and history [...]

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