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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
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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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Laurens de Graaf

Dutch-born pirate and privateer who commanded Caribbean operations across four decades. De Graaf raided Spanish colonial settlements, commanded mixed-nationality crews, and maintained complex allegiances between European powers. …

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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.
29 worksEnter →
GALLERY II
Ship Construction
The anatomy of a wooden ship — how she was framed, planked, rigged and worked.
30 worksEnter →
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.
20 worksEnter →
GALLERY V
Life at Sea
The daily reality of living upon the water.
25 worksEnter →
GALLERY VI
Operations
How a ship fought, sailed and worked her trade.
23 worksEnter →
GALLERY VII
Pirate Democracy
The sea-rovers' radical self-government.
14 worksEnter →
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.
22 worksEnter →
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.
14 worksEnter →
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.

🗺 POCKET MAP
🗺 Museum Map
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
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🧭 Visit planner — been / want / done 🏛 Floor plan ⚓ Board the courtyard sloop 🎥 The theater 🏪 The gift shop 🎮 Midway: games & puzzles 🚪 Museum lobby
Your route▲
…tracing your steps…