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Maritime Pirate Museum Events
January 1st - January 31st is Ancient Pirate Month
December is Ancient Pirate Month at the Antilles Trading Company Pirate Museum. Ancient pirates were seafaring raiders who plundered ships, coastal settlements, and trade routes across the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Black Sea, and beyond.
Among the earliest known pirates were the Lukka and Sherden, mentioned in Egyptian
records as maritime raiders of the Late Bronze Age. The Sea Peoples followed, wreaking havoc on ancient civilizations, while groups like the Cilician pirates captured Julius Caesar and terrorized Roman trade. In the Black Sea, Scythian pirates targeted Greek colonies, and Illyrian pirates disrupted Adriatic commerce, prompting Rome to intervene. The Tyrrhenian pirates were notorious in early Italy, and Viking raiders, though later in history, extended piracy into northern Europe.
Even the Crusaders, often romanticized for religious motives, engaged in acts akin to piracy, looting coastal cities for supplies. Exploiting instability, these pirates—whether motivated by survival, conquest, wealth or religion—shaped naval warfare and disrupted the foundations of ancient and medieval trade networks.
Among the earliest known pirates were the Lukka and Sherden, mentioned in Egyptian
records as maritime raiders of the Late Bronze Age. The Sea Peoples followed, wreaking havoc on ancient civilizations, while groups like the Cilician pirates captured Julius Caesar and terrorized Roman trade. In the Black Sea, Scythian pirates targeted Greek colonies, and Illyrian pirates disrupted Adriatic commerce, prompting Rome to intervene. The Tyrrhenian pirates were notorious in early Italy, and Viking raiders, though later in history, extended piracy into northern Europe.
Even the Crusaders, often romanticized for religious motives, engaged in acts akin to piracy, looting coastal cities for supplies. Exploiting instability, these pirates—whether motivated by survival, conquest, wealth or religion—shaped naval warfare and disrupted the foundations of ancient and medieval trade networks.
Every month Antilles Trading Company Pirate Museum features a new exhibition;
January - Ancient Pirates
February - Black History Month - Black Pirates
March - Women's History Month - Female Pirates
April - Arab History Month - Barbary Pirates
May - Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month - Asian Pirates
June - Caribbean Heritage Month - Caribbean Pirates
July - French Heritage Month - French Pirates
August - International Pirate Month - Famous American Pirates
September through October - Hispanic Heritage Month - Hispanic Pirates
November - Native American Heritage Month - Native American Pirates
December - Yule & Winter Solstice - Vikings