Antilles Trading Company Maritime Pirate Museum and Store, Cocoa

About Antilles Trading Company Maritime Pirate Museum and Store

The Antilles Trading Company Maritime Pirate Museum and Store in Cocoa offers an immersive experience for history enthusiasts interested in pirate culture and maritime history. Visitors explore the museum's interior, designed to resemble the deck of a 65-foot pirate sloop, the vessel type favored by pirates in 16th and 17th century Florida and Caribbean waters. The museum houses over 350 artifacts spanning the 17th to 19th centuries that illustrate how pirates and seadogs lived, worked, and fought. Interactive exhibits feature animatronics and hands-on displays where visitors can fire a cannon, discover Davey Jones's beating heart, and participate in a scavenger hunt to find pirate treasure. The store stocks maritime clothing including Bosun pants and pirate poet shirts, nautical furnishings, and curiosities displayed in Blackbeard's Closet of Curiosities. Children and adults find activities suited to their interests, though visitors must follow museum rules protecting artifacts over 300 years old and maintaining appropriate conduct during tours.