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Come aboard and explore centuries of pirate legends and lore with new exhibition!

Haul in the gang plank, me hearties!  …They lived by their own rules and died by them. And 300 years after their golden age, we remain captivated by pirates. On May 15, the Frazier International History Museum opened its own original exhibition, “Pirates: Treasure & Treachery,” a thrilling interactive exhibit that offers an unparalleled look at life under the infamous black flag.

“Pirates” features genuine treasure and artifacts, as well as touchable components and games never before seen by the public. Step into a pirates’ tavern. Learn the Pirate’s Code. See real pirates’ gold, silver and gems for yourself, along with authentic maps and coins. This fun, all-ages exhibition is designed to appeal to the adventurous spirit in adults and children, alike, and is included with the cost of museum admission.

Visitors will learn about the stirring sagas of world-famous pirates, including Black Bart Roberts, Captain Kidd and others, as well as meet swashbuckling female pirates. “Pirates: Treasure & Treachery” explores the differences between real-life pirates and their counterparts in fiction and movies. It examines the true stories of buccaneers, privateers and pirates, including modern-day, sea-bound gangs and those who sought their fortunes on the Ohio River.

Ahoy, bilge rats! As part of the Frazier Museum’s presentation of this one-of-a-kind exhibition, visitors will see history come off the page and onto the stage through a number of engaging daily historical performances. These include “Anne Bonny,” an interpretation about one of history’s most notorious female pirates, along with an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island” performed on the museum’s rooftop.

Prepare for adventure, swinging cutlasses and plenty of black powder gunfire! “Treasure Island” lasts about 30 minutes and features six actors and a full set, making it the museum’s biggest production to date. In July, “Pirates: Fact and Fiction,” a performance exploring the popular image of pirates versus the brutal reality, opens. Click here for a daily interpretation schedule.

Arrrgh, mateys! This summer, the Frazier Museum’s got something for the pirate in everyone with a schedule of fun special events and programs. The sold-out “A Pirate Adventure” summer camp ran June 7 through 11 and June 21 through 25, in addition to other Frazier Museum summer camp offerings. On July 8, the Frazier Museum hosted “Scallywags’ Sunset Soiree” from 6 to 9 p.m. with music from Dem Reggae Bon. Guests to this rooftop cocktail party enjoyed lots of grub and grog. This fun event was sponsored by Brown Forman.

On September 4, 2010, come to our annual Founder's Day celebration bedecked in your best pirate apparel and help us break a Guinness World Record for “largest gathering of pirates!”

“Pirates: Treasure & Treachery” is presented by Bosse Mattingly, with generous support from Brown-Forman and GE. For more, including a complete schedule of events, fun games and pirate loot, visit www.FrazierPirates.com or call (502) 753-5663.

The Frazier Museum presents "Pony Express, Revisited," a re-examination of history and a present-day photographic observation of the famous route that lives on in the American imagination. This series of photographs captures the poetry and irony of America’s past and present westward expansion, while referencing its romanticism and the urgency of communication. This mini-exhibition opens in time to mark the 150th anniversary of the first ride of the Pony Express, as well as the 2010 Equestrian World Games in Lexington, Ky.

Over the past 150 years, the Louisville Water Company has transformed our city’s water supply from the unhealthy drinking water that earned our city its terrible nickname “Graveyard of the West,” to receiving the American Water Works Association’s award for “Best Tasting Tap Water in the Country.”

The Louisville Water Company’s story of innovation and public service is told in our new exhibit, “Water Works: 150 Years of Louisville Water Company.” This interactive exhibit will include memorabilia, photographs, original architectural renderings and video storytelling, all designed to illustrate the company’s history and how “water works” throughout our community.

Designed with field trips in mind, all school groups that visit the “Water Works” exhibit are invited to bring pennies, dimes, nickels and quarters to “drop in the bucket.” The Frazier Museum will collect this change to raise money for EDGE OUTREACH, a Louisville Water Company partner and international organization headquartered in Louisville. EDGE works to train, equip and mobilize people to provide sustainable water, sanitation and health and hygiene solutions throughout the world. Donations to the “Drop in the Bucket” campaign will purchase supplies and equipment for their work purifying water in places such as Haiti and India.

This new, interactive exhibit explores the playthings that have entertained generations past through a unique display of vintage toys and hands-on elements. This fun for-all-ages exhibit will feature conceptual artwork from the popular animated movies, as well as some original 3-D objects used in its making. Additionally, there will be movie-related toy collections for every generation-- everything from Star Wars to Cinderella-- in this, the first-ever exhibition authorized by Disney for this series of movies.