The North Carolina Maritime Museum has recently expanded its facilities to include a new exhibit entitled "Our Sunken History: Archaeological Treasures for North Carolina Shipwrecks." The exhibit will be housed in the Repository located at the N.C. Maritime Museum's expansion site at Gallants Channel, next to Town Creek Marina.

The exhibit consists of two major sections: "Underwater Archeology" and "The Shipwrecks." The underwater archeology section includes a map of the represented shipwrecks, underwater archeology equipment, photographs of the divers working, and artifacts from the earliest shipwrecks in North Carolina, the presumed wreck of Blackbeard's flagship Queen Anne's Revenge and the Maria. The shipwreck section contains artifacts, illustrations and texts of Civil War battleships, Civil War blockade-runners, steam-powered ships, and sailing vessels.

The 15 ships that are represented all plied North Carolina's waters from the early 1700s to the late 1800s. They were all discovered through underwater archeology research and represent many different styles, purposes, and technologies of ships throughout North Carolina's maritime history.