Rare and One-of-a-Kind ItemsExclusive Preserved Food DisplayWeaponryTo-Scale Replica of USS Republic Ship

While everyday items recovered from shipwrecks are fantastic at helping us understand the way people lived during a specific period of time, there are also rare items on board that cannot be replicated or replaced. Shipwrecked Treasure Museum is home to several truly unique historic items that are either extremely rare or truly one-of-a-kind! Original…

  Have you ever wondered what happens to the food and other perishable goods that go down in a shipwreck?  While most of those items succumb to the changes in pressure as they sink into the depths of the ocean, a surprising number of perishable items were retrieved in their original conditions from the SS…

Weaponry was an important aspect of the era when pirates roamed the high seas. Some of these items are recognizable to people today thanks to movies and TV shows, while others are more obscure. The displays in our Blackbeard’s Adventure™ Pirate's Lair exhibit feature cannonballs and lead shot, a cutlass, a boarding ass, a blunderbuss,…

Get an overview of what the actual USS Republic Ship looked like with this to-scale replica. The creation of the replica was a huge endeavor, requiring 200 labor hours to complete. It was built in a scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot.