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Celebrating 10 Years of Partnership on the Queen Anne’s Revenge Project

Sec. Kluttz speaks at the QAR lab anniversary

 

Notes from the Field: Week 5

After the weekend, we returned to site with the focus of separating the individual elements that make up the pile. A large anchor, A2, lies atop 8 cannon.

Notes from the Field: Weeks 3 and 4

By Kimberly Kenyon, QAR Conservator 

Some of the highlights from the second part of August include the discovery of a previously unknown cannon under a large concretion and the raising and transport of several large concretions. Here’s an overview:

Notes from the Field: Weeks 1 and 2

The opening of a field season is always busy, and this year proved to be no exception. In our first two weeks of work, the team focused mostly on setup, laying out gridlines and placing sandbags around the perimeter of new excavation units. We recovered some artifacts, too.

Introducing the 2013 Field Season

By Kimberly Kenyon, QAR Conservator 

The 2013 Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR) fall field season is underway, and has been for several weeks now! We’ve been bad about giving you updates, but that stops now.

Pirate Lovers: Head to Beaufort This Weekend

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Pirate Fun Moves to the N.C. Transportation Museum

Sec. Kluttz and Deputy Sec. Kevin Cherry open the Queen Anne's Revenge exhibit at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer

Sec. Kluttz Witnesses Blackbeard’s Cannons Raised from the Wreck of His Ship Off the Carolina Coast

Cultural Resources Sec. Susan Kluttz was one of the first people in almost 300 years to see cannons used on Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, as they were recovered from the seafloor late last week.

Kicking Off Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge Spring Dive With School Kids

Behind-the-scenes at last week's live stream event

 

Conservation Progress: 12 Steps from Ocean Floor to Museum Door

This piece introduces the Queen Anne's Revenge 12-Step conservation program, by briefly describing processes undertaken in each step of an object’s treatment.