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 [...]
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 [...]
You may be surprised at some of the archaeological findings from the shipwreck believed to be Blackbeard’s flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, which ran aground off North Carolina’s coast in 1718. Mark U. Wilde-Ramsing, director of the Queen Anne’s Revenge Shipwreck Project, will explain what the findings reveal about the ship’s role in colonial America, the [...]