Ready to know more about San Diego?

Subscribe

How to Be a Pirate

The Natural History Museum brings a historic shipwreck exhibit to San Diego

By Geneen Montgomery

If Captain Phillips got your pirate sense tingling, look no further than the San Diego Natural History Museum’s current exhibit “Real Pirates,” which showcases the true story of Whydah, the first fully authenticated shipwreck discovered in U.S. waters. From its origin as a slave ship to its takeover and conversion into a pirate ship in the early 1700s, the exhibition gives visitors a glimpse into the economic, political, and social climate of the early 18th century Caribbean. Chests of gold, silver coins, ancient jewelry—they’re all on display until Sept. 1 along with a life-size replica of the ship’s stern that visitors can board.

How to Be a Pirate

The Whydah model ship

The Whydah model ship

How to Be a Pirate

The Whydah stern

The Whydah stern

How to Be a Pirate

Pirate gold

Pirate gold

How to Be a Pirate

The Whydah bell

The Whydah bell

Share this post

Contact Us

1230 Columbia Street, Suite 800,

San Diego, CA