Pirates, which runs untils 4 January 2026, features more than 200 remarkable objects and charts the story of piracy around the globe and explores our shifting attitudes to history's most infamous seafarers
Exploring the perception of piracy in popular culture – from comical characters like Captain Pugwash and Captain Hook to anti-heroes like Long John Silver and Captain Jack Sparrow – this major new exhibition examines why the idea of a pirate’s life still fascinates us today.
Pirates traces the changing depictions of pirates through the ages and reveals the brutal reality behind the fiction (the exhibtion is recommended for those aged 10+).
