From North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

GREENVILLE — Visitors can get a look of artifacts including anchors, cannonballs and grains of gold last seen by pirates during Saturday Tours at the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Laboratory Nov. 21. Each tour will last one hour and 30 minutes, is limited to 20 people, and reservations are required.

The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources has led investigation of the wreck of Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR) since 1997. Recovered artifacts must be conserved and prepared for exhibit by the QAR Lab on the campus of East Carolina University in Greenville. Conserved artifacts are exhibited at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, and at other museums.

In addition to artifacts, visitors will see the scientific processes used to prepare the artifacts for exhibit, including X-ray, desalination and airscribing. The free tours will be led at 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.

To make reservations, please call 252-744-6721 or email courtney.page@ncdcr.gov. Weekday tours of the QAR lab are available the first Tuesday of every month. Registration is requested for these free tours as well. The QAR Lab is located at ECU West Research Campus, 1157 VOA Site C Road, Greenville.

The Queen Anne’s Revenge ran aground in Beaufort in June 1718. Intersal, Inc., a private research firm operating under a permit from NCDNCR, discovered the site believed to be Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR) on Nov. 21, 1996. The wreck was located by Mike Daniel, Intersal’s director of operations, and later confirmed as the QAR by professional archaeologists with NCDNCR. For more information, please visit www.qaronline.org and www.lat3440.com.