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Shipwrecks Museum

Batavia Observation Deck

Promoted Deep Dives

Long pine planks make up the ceiling of the room.

Look Twice, it is Pine Planking, from North America

Pine Products from North America for a growing colony

A decorated ink stand, a round wooden container that may be a pen holder, and a brass pen on display in the Museum.

Making Sure the Message Gets to You

Postage and Pirates

A drawing of a man preparing to have a leg amputated. He is looking away from the leg while another man is tying it off below the knee. There is a large saw on the ground beside them.

Medicine at Sea in the 1600s

'Sawbones,' smallpox and scurvy

A black wooden chess piece in the Museum display cabinet. There is a small chip in the side of the piece.

Pastimes in a Ship Under Sail

Scrimshaw, dice and chess

A small wooden cabin with a plush armchair in the corner.

Really, a Cabin from the Batavia

Luxury in a small space

A scientist standing on a tall platform measuring the Batavia's timbers with a very large measuring tool.

Secrets of Batavia's Structure

Timbers telling a tale

The plastered stone and wooden window frame of this room.

The Drum Store

A new room for volatile material

Square shaped vertical steel bars mounted in front of the wooden window frame.

Why are there Bars on the Internal Windows?

Iron bars from Wales

Shipwrecks Museum

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