Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project
Landmark And Historical Building
Why pick this one
Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project offers free class visits to its conservation lab, featuring a 12-foot anchor and ship hull pieces.
Best for
- students and educators seeking maritime archaeology lessons
- visitors interested in Blackbeard and Queen Anne's Revenge
- researchers studying the transatlantic slave trade, piracy, or underwater archaeology
- people interested in recovered shipwreck artifacts and conservation methods
- class groups seeking free educational visits to a conservation laboratory
Look elsewhere if
- visitors seeking an intact historic building rather than a shipwreck research and conservation project
- customers looking for recreational shipwreck diving or boat tours
Specialties
- underwater archaeology
- shipwreck artifact recovery
- archaeological conservation
- Queen Anne's Revenge historical research
- educational visits and classroom resources
Certifications
- North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
- Office of State Archaeology
- Underwater Archaeology Branch
What makes them different
- The wreck site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
- More than 400,000 artifacts, including cannon shot, hull parts, tools, and glass trade beads, had been raised from the site as of 2015.
- Free class visits allow students to view a 12-foot anchor and ship hull pieces at the conservation lab.
- Researchers formally identified the wreck as Queen Anne's Revenge in 2011 using archaeological evidence and historical records.
- The project combines archaeology, conservation, history, chemistry, physics, and technology.
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 1157 Voa Site C Rd, Greenville, NC 27834-2018
- Phone
- +12527446721
- Website
- http://www.qaronline.org/
- QAR@dncr.nc.gov
Services
- archaeological research
- artifact preservation and conservation
- shipwreck investigation
- historical education
- lab and museum visits
- online educational resources