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SPECIAL EXHIBITIONShips of the Atlantic World 1550-1750NOW SHOWING
Closes August 31 SPECIAL EXHIBITIONShips of the Atlantic World 1550-1750NOW SHOWING
Closes August 31
URBANICITY PRESENTS

The Golden Age of Piracy

A museum of the sea between two ports — the cold north and the warm south — and the outlaws who ran the water between them.

◆ 12 GALLERIES  ·  266 WORKS  ·  MEMBERS ENTER FREE
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Iron Founding

Iron founding transformed maritime warfare and commerce during the Golden Age of Piracy. Foundries produced cannons, anchors, and fittings essential to pirate and naval vessels. This exhibit examines the metallurgical techniques,…

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Plan your route

A lobby map that remembers where you’ve been and what you still want to see.
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Ask the curator

A curator stands in every room to answer your questions, in voice or text.
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Midway: Games, Puzzles, more…

Riddles, ciphers, wordsearch, sudoku, mazes and more — live from the collection, plus the gallery crossword.

The Galleries

twelve rooms, from ships and weapons to commerce, geography, and the people themselves
GALLERY I
Ships of the Golden Age
Introduce every major vessel used by pirates, merchants and navies.
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GALLERY II
Ship Construction
The anatomy of a wooden ship — how she was framed, planked, rigged and worked.
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GALLERY III
Weapons
The arms of the age, from cutlass to cannon.
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GALLERY IV
Crew
Every hand aboard — rank, role and responsibility.
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GALLERY V
Life at Sea
The daily reality of living upon the water.
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GALLERY VI
Operations
How a ship fought, sailed and worked her trade.
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GALLERY VII
Pirate Democracy
The sea-rovers' radical self-government.
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GALLERY VIII
Commerce
The goods, money and paper that drove the whole enterprise.
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GALLERY IX
Geography
The waters, passages and ports of the pirate world.
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GALLERY X
Technology
The instruments and crafts that made seafaring possible.
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GALLERY XI
The Natural World
The sea itself — weather, creatures and the living ocean.
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GALLERY XII
People of the Golden Age
The men and women whose names outlived them.
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A membership museum — no ads, no feed

Urbanicity is a place to think, not a place to be sold to. Your visit is yours: we remember your route only to draw your own map.

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Galleries▲
IShips of the Golden Age IIShip Construction IIIWeapons IVCrew VLife at Sea VIOperations VIIPirate Democracy VIIICommerce IXGeography XTechnology XIThe Natural World XIIPeople of the Golden Age
Plan your visit▲
🧭 Visit planner — been / want / done 🏛 Floor plan ⚓ Board the courtyard sloop 🎥 The theater 🏪 The gift shop 🎮 Midway: games & puzzles 🚪 Museum lobby
Research▲
📂 The Sources Room 🗄 Metadata 📖 Glossary
Your route▲
…tracing your steps…
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