Everyone is welcome to join us for a guided tour of the Pirates, privateers and freebooters exhibition at the Pointe-à-Callière museum in old Montreal (see map below).

Thursday December 3rd, starting at 1pm.

The tour is 1.5 hours long.  It will be in English and is suited for kids in the range of 4-9.

The cost is $7 per child and $12 per adult.

"Visitors will be invited aboard the bridge of a very unusual exhibition décor as they experience the seductive but demanding and sometimes thrilling everyday lives of these seafaring adventurers. They will climb aboard and “navigate” from the 16th to the 19th centuries in the dangerous waters of the New World. The focus will be on the Caribbean, since up until about 1730 its turquoise waters were chock full of pirates, privateers and freebooters looking to seize their share of the priceless booty headed for Europe in the holds of Spanish galleons. The result was fierce and bloody battles between pirate and navy ships! But not so fast, matey: before you climb aboard you have to agree to respect the rules of the “hunt,” by signing the charter-party. And what is that, exactly? Well you might ask! The answer waits on the wharf, on the upper deck – sorry, we mean upstairs – in the Museum!"

Aye matey, hope to see ya thar!

Sonya


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