November 20, 2009 – 6:02 pm
GREENVILLE – Since the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR)began excavating the shipwreck believed to the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, more than 250,000 objects have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, near Beaufort. All recovered artifacts go through the NCDCR QAR conservation lab located at East Carolina University in Greenville. On [...]
November 18, 2009 – 4:44 pm
Editors Note: Please respond if your organization will attend by Thursday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m., call (919) 807-7389 or email fay.mitchell@ncdcr.gov.
GREENVILLE — Study of artifacts from the shipwreck of the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s flagship, continues to illuminate details of pirate life. A media review of the latest findings on [...]
November 5, 2009 – 12:26 pm
Editor’s note: Stories on Blackbeard’s November ties are welcome now. This event is for the media only. It will review work on artifact investigation from the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck, Blackbeard’s flagship.
GREENVILLE – November was a big month for the pirate Blackbeard. He captured the vessel La Concorde in November [...]
October 20, 2009 – 4:25 pm
BEAUFORT – A 4 ½-foot grapnel (a small four-pronged anchor) resting loosely in the sand will be brought up from the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, Oct. 21, near Beaufort. A team of N.C. Department of Cultural Resources archaeologists and conservators will turn to recovery instead of maintenance and preservation at the site of the [...]
BEAUFORT – There is a lot to see and do at the North Carolina Maritime Museum this summer. Programs and activities range from to investigations of microscopic marine monsters to classes in boat handling. The exhibit “Traditional Watercraft” is a hands-on exploration of how traditional North Carolina boats were designed, built, and used, [...]
RALEIGH – Middle schoolers and kids everywhere can explore the wreck of Blackbeard’s purported flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), in the new Blackbeard’s Escape video game. It was June 1718 that the Queen Anne’s Revenge ran aground in Beaufort Inlet. Players now get to fire cannon and attack a ship in flashbacks to [...]
For plenty of free activities this June, look no further than the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Swashbuckling fun awaits you at Family Day: Pirates in Colonial Carolina on Saturday, June 6. This large event features pirate re-enactors, sword-fighting demonstrations and more. Admission is free to the exhibit Knights of the Black Flag on [...]
Ahoy, mateys! Adventures of the high seas await you at Family Day: Pirates in Colonial Carolina on Saturday, June 6, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Meet pirate re-enactors, watch sword-fighting demonstrations and experience more during this free event. And, shiver me timbers, admission is free all [...]
The first fully authenticated pirate ship discovered in North America was located by underwater explorer Barry Clifford in 1984. The Whydah Galley, originally a slave ship, was captured off the Bahamas by pirates in February 1717 but sank in a fierce storm off Cape Cod, Mass., two months later.
After discovering the shipwreck, Clifford and his [...]
Spring has definitely sprung in North Carolina. Pirates continue to be a big draw at the Museum of History, April’s poetry month just drew to a successful close, and… as hurricane season approaches, thoughts turn to how to keep your family’s precious documents high and dry.
The podcast starts with a look at the conservation efforts [...]