Plundering Pirates: Film Fact and Fiction
Torquay Museum
When: 29 June 2013 to 06 September 2013
Where: Pengelly Hall, Torquay Museum
Time: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Cost: Yes standard admission charge
Suitable for: Family friendly
Brace yourselves as Plundering Pirates descend upon the Museum for this family-friendly summer exhibition!
Learn about life as a pirate and the gruesome punishments meted out to them if they were caught. See Captain Jack Sparrow’s Costume From The Pirates of the Caribbean and puppets from Aardman Animations’ movie The Pirates! In an Adventures with Scientists! Then see the types of cannons, swords, muskets and treasure that were central to the life of pirates around the world. With interactives and a treasure trail. Check the Museum's website for events throughout the summer.
Please Note: The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Costumes have now left the exhibition, but it will remain open this weekend, for you to see our other pirate treasures.
Exhibition Gallery
Original Jack Sparrow costume work by Jonny Depp in 'Pirates of the Caribbean'
Exhibitions & Projects
-
FOOD: beyond the plate
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
22 March 2025 to 29 June 2025
-
The Valley: Art on the border a cultural history of Marsland
The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon
24 May 2025 to 05 July 2025
-
Emma Stibbon RA: Melting Ice | Rising Tides
The Burton at Bideford art gallery and museum
10 May 2025 to 05 July 2025
-
North Devon Arts: Spring into Summer Exhibition
The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon
31 May 2025 to 12 July 2025
-
Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes
The Box, Plymouth
24 May 2025 to 07 September 2025
-
Six Weeks To Go
Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum
31 March 2025 to 31 October 2025
-
Kingsbridge 1939 1945 : The Image and the Place
Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum
31 March 2025 to 31 October 2025
-
Battle of Britain Anniversary Exhibition and Talk Series
Exmouth Museum and Heritage Centre registered charity 291311
08 April 2025 to 01 November 2025
-
Jyll Bradley: Running and Returning
The Box, Plymouth
05 April 2025 to 02 November 2025
-
Coastal Threads: Textile Art
Fairlynch Museum Budleigh Salterton
01 May 2025 to 02 November 2025
-
Jyll Bradley: Life and Influences
The Box, Plymouth
05 April 2025 to 02 November 2025
