Horrible Histories® Exhibition

Time is running out for families to come face to face with a gruesome band of horrible pirates at the Australian National Maritime Museum as it presents Australia's first interactive, hands-on exhibition based on the bestselling Horrible Histories books: Horrible Histories – Pirates: the exhibition.

Produced in association with Scholastic Children's Books, the exhibition brings author Terry Deary and illustrator Martin Brown's unique approach to history to life with foul facts, lively illustrations and gruesome games takes families back in time to the days when perilous pirates ruled the seas.

In Horrible Histories – Pirates: the exhibition the museum challenges families to discover if they have what it takes to be a really horrible pirate. Visitors can take command of a pirate ship, design their own pirate flag and try out different weapons – from cutlasses to cannons. They can find their fate on the wheel of misfortune, discover the best loot to steal and take a pirate selfie.

Along the way, they discover why pirate women were just as wicked as the men and practise talking the patter of a pirate. They learn about the ships they sailed on, the punishments they suffered and the rules they lived by.

Families also come face to face with over 100 objects from real shipwrecks including coins, cannon balls, beads and a jug from the Batavia wrecked in 1629 following a gruesome mutiny.