Pirate Museums, Maritime Museums, Nautical Museums
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Mel Fisher Maritime Museum is a museum that showcases gold, silver and treasure recovered from shipwrecks in the new World. View treasures from the Atocha, Santa Margarita, St. John's Wreck and the Henrietta Marie.
Whydah Pirate Museum Home of the world's ONLY real and authenticated pirate ship artifacts and treasures discovered by famed explorer Barry Clifford
The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, Hatteras, North Carolina
The Graveyard of the Atlantic, with one of the highest densities of shipwrecks in the world, holds some of America's most important maritime history. More than just a collection of artifacts,the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum is a premier cultural attraction for the Atlantic Seaboard and one of the finest, most innovative maritime facilities in the nation.
The Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project
Archaeological Investigations of Blackbeard's Flagship
The North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC
The North Carolina Maritime Museum, an agency of the Office of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, is driven by its mission to preserve and interpret all aspects of North Carolina's rich maritime heritage through educational exhibits, programs and field trips. Its organization includes administrative, education, maritime, and exhibits branches.
Pirate Soul Museum, Key West, Florida
Pirate Soul Museum is a unique collection of authentic pirate artifacts coupled with elements of interactive technology revealing a historic adventure through the Golden Age of Piracy and the lives of the era's most infamous pirates.
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Unique Animated Exhibit "The Legend Of Jean Lafitte" Explore the life and times of Louisiana's Gentleman Pirate and the events leading up to the Battle of New Orleans.
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The collection includes artifacts, images, charts and plans relating to the marine history of Nova Scotia. The Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian merchant marine, Nova Scotia small craft and local shipwrecks are particular strengths of the collection much of which represents the period 1850 to the present.
The Mariners' Museum is one of the largest and most comprehensive maritime history museums in the world. It houses a treasure trove of more than 35,000 items inspired by human experiences with the sea.
The New England Pirate Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
A 20- to 30-minute walking tour, where you'll meet some 60 buccaneers from the days of yore, and you'll behold their artifacts and treasures. Visit a recreated dockside village, board a pirate ship and meander an eighty-foot batcave, filled with hidden booty. These pirates, and not accused witches, were the real rascals and villains of 1692 in Olde Salem Towne.
Cuban Piracy Museum, Santiago de Cuba
The record of atrocities, looting and violence committed by the pirates at the point of a sword or grappling hooks is the central theme of the Piracy Museum, lodged in the Morro Castle of Santiago de Cuba. This fortress, erected on a cliff at the entrance of the bay in the 17th century, was built precisely to defend the city from the filibusters. The museum shows, among other things, that, since 1538, Santiago de Cuba was the victim of successive piratical attacks for twenty-four consecutive years.
Mystic Seaport, Connecticut
Mystic Seaport is the largest and most comprehensive maritime museum in North America. Here you can sail or row exact replicas of our traditional wooden boats, cruise in our antique steamboat, participate in formal classes, ride a horse-drawn carriage, star gaze in our planetarium, or spend the day climbing aboard ships or just meandering along beautiful riverfront gardens.
The Archives of the Port Royal Project
In 1981, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, in cooperation with the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University and the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, began underwater archaeological investigations of the submerged portion of Port Royal. Visit the archives to discover the highlights of the project's results.
Pirates Museum, Nassau, Bahamas...a new interactive museum of Piracy in the heart of this historic city.
San Diego Maritime Museum, San Diego, California
Visit the tall ship Star of India, San Diego's legendary Icon, and one of three Historic ships of the San Diego Maritime Museum. Learn about the Age of Steam and Age of Sail aboard the ships through artifacts, interactive displays, and educational and entertaining programs.
Independence Seaport Museum, Phildelphia, Pennsylvania
Capture our region's maritime heritage with family-oriented interactive exhibits, ship models, artifacts and art.
The National Maritime Museum - Greenwich, London
The Museum has the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea, including maritime art (both British and 17th-century Dutch), cartography, manuscripts including official public records, ship models and plans, scientific and navigational instruments, time-keeping and astronomy (based at the Observatory), and in many other categories.
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia
Australia's most-visited maritime museum opens new vistas on history a love of the sea.
Smith's Master index of Maritime Museums
The Captain just can't link to each one, so visit this directory from Robert Smith, author of The North American Guide to Maritime Museums.
- Blackbeard's Chest (Unabridged)
17 Mar 2010 at 10:01am
Pete knows an awful lot about pirates, but when he finds a mysterious chest in a forgotten old room in pirate museum, he is taken on an adventure
- RHONDA: Small World, Big News
5 Mar 2010 at 9:42am
...on as though survival of the planet depends on whether or not white roofs are allowed in Old Town or if the loss of a pricey pirate museum...
- March 1, Day 249 ? In Marathon
2 Mar 2010 at 2:36pm
Gerry at the entrance to the pirate museum. This was the only picture, as cameras were not allowed. As we walked the harbor, we came across 3...
- Mermaids in Times Square?
2 Mar 2010 at 12:40pm
...than some of the high-profile aquariums that have opened recently, but it would also attract visitors with "dry" exhibits like a pirate museum.
- Inqlings: Croce gives Key West the hook
21 Feb 2010 at 12:06pm
His timbers are shivered. Pat Croce is weighing anchor on his pirate museum, moving it out of Key West, Fla., and up north to St. Augustine.
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