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	Corpus Christi Museum of Science & History "Shipwreck!" Exhibit 1990 Corpus Christi, Texas This exhibit is built around the core of the Platoro collection- artifacts from three sixteenth century Spanish shipwrecks off the coast of what is now south Texas. The objects were salvaged by treasure hunters, then returned to the state under the Texas Antiquities Act. The exhibit's message is that gold and silver are not the only archeological treaures. Exhibits show how historians and archaeologists reconstruct the past from scraps of fabric and shards of pottery. Murals, interactives, envronments, artifacts, and other media shed light on nautical archaeology and the Age of Exploration. Visitors can walk aboard a full-scale reproduction of a portion of a Spanish sailing ship. Its decks are equipped with a cannon and a swivel gun that visitors train on imaginary privateers. An interactive astrolabe exhibit illustrates the techniques and difficulties of navigation in the sixteenth century. Andrew Merriell was the Principal in Charge for this exhibition while in the employ of Hilferty & Associates.
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