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Pirate Soul is the ultimate pirate museum! Here, you experience an amazing interactive journey back 300 years of high seas adventure combined with an unparalleled collection of rare pirate artifacts – one of the largest collections in the world. What better place to experience this rare adventure than here in Key West, Florida? The only Caribbean island in the United States!

Your self-guided journey takes you through eight authentic environments and 48 individual exhibit areas: Port Royal Jamaica, Rogue’s Tavern, Execution Dock, On Deck of a Ship, Below Deck of a Ship, Captain’s Cabin, Blackbeard’s Demise and the Treasure Cave. The multi-sensory experience allows you to feel, smell, hear and see like the pirates of the Golden Age lived. And, you will see REAL museum-quality artifacts that pertain to each area!

Here’s just a taste…

Port Royal, Jamaica – Visit the Weapons Shoppe or the Navigation Shoppe and see a real flintlock pistol or chronometer.

Rogue’s Tavern – What did pirates drink from? Check out the wine, mallet, and rum onion bottles. See the 18 inch dinner plate Blackbeard used to satisfy his hunger. Look closely and you'll see a bullet hole left from one of his many battles.

Execution Dock – Wanted! Dead or Alive! Or maybe they never were caught as you can see in Henry Every’s original wanted poster from the King of England, dated 1696.

On Deck – Fire! What did a real cannon look like? You’ll be standing right next to a real Dutch East India Company cannon from 1753.

Captain’s Cabin – The most regal of all artifacts, see the Journal of Captain Kidd’s Last Voyage dated 1699. View one of only two authentic pirate flags in existence and learn about the origin of the Jolly Roger.

Blackbeard’s Demise – On loan from the salvagers of The Queen Anne’s Revenge! See Blackbeards’s actual blunderbuss, shot, flint, nails and more.

Treasure Cave – See the only pirate treasure chest with provenance in the world! Feast your eyes on the booty at the end of the tunnel, dated over 300 years old! This gold was found on Blackbeard's ship and to this day remains some of the only pirate gold found in the world!

And remember, everything you see here is in the museum, but not everything in the museum is here, so book your ticket today!!

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