Queering Piracy: After Hours

Royal Museums Greenwich’s Queer History Club invites you to the National Maritime Museum to view the Pirates exhibition outside of gallery opening hours.

Discover the queer histories of major figures in the world of piracy, trace the international evolving depictions of pirates across time, and uncover the queer lives at the centre of it all.

The evening features a programme of tours, creativity, treasure hunts and live entertainment – plus you get to experience the Pirates exhibition for free.

Event programme

Doors will open at 6.30pm through the King William Walk and Parkside Entrance of the Museum.

Welcome

7pm-7.15pm | Special Exhibitions Gallery Foyer

Join the Queer History Club as we welcome you to a night of queer histories and storytelling. Hear more about who the event curators are and their piece Queering Piracy.

Needlings performance

6.30pm-10pm | Special Exhibitions Gallery Foyer

Trans*disciplinary artist and theatre-maker E.M. Parry’s work explores the porous, blurry edges of the body and / as costume. In Needlings, inspired by the Queering Piracy collaboration with Queer History Club, marginalised bodies and subaltern histories are reclaimed through acts of DIY crafting and care, arguing for queer identity as a communal craft project.

QHC tattoo parlour

7.15pm-8.15pm | ReThink Space

Inspired by the Pirates' Queering Piracy piece, you have the choice to create your own or get a temporary tattoo.

Exhibition tour: How to Become a Queer Pirate

7.15pm-8.15 pm | Pirates exhibition

Join a member of Queer History Club for a 20-minute tour of the Pirates exhibition to discover the queer history of piracy. What can we reclaim? What should we leave behind?

Self-led tours of Pirates

7.15pm-8.15pm | Pirates exhibition

Take yourself on a tour of Pirates with a self-guided tour and quiz. We even have piratey prizes for you!

Queer History Club dock

7.15pm-8.15 pm | Moving screens

Learn more about the Queer History Club and how to join.

Photo opportunities

7.15pm-10pm | Sammy Ofer Wing

Decompression space

6.30pm-10pm | Voyagers gallery

Launch of the Queer History Research Guide

8.20pm-8.30pm | Special Exhibitions Gallery Foyer

Cabaret and Tour prize giveaway

8.30pm-9.15pm | Special Exhibitions Gallery Foyer

Fresh from the world of East London drag cabaret, HRH Aphrodite & Hunter Gatherer invite Queer History Club members to explore the wonderfully wacky history of piracy in a special edition of Horrible Herstories. It's history, with the gaggy bits left in! 

Party

9.15pm-10pm | Special Exhibitions Gallery Foyer

Book tickets