Real Pirates in Chicago

Over the weekend I was lucky enough to visit Chicago. We did the typical tourist thing and visited Sears Tower, the bean, and a few of the other landmarks (most originating in The Chicago World’s Fair). Being a lifelong fan of pirates I was very excited to see the Chicago Field Museum was showing Real Pirates: Real Treasure, Real Weapons: The Story of the Pirate Ship Whydah. However by the time we got there it was almost closing time. Rather than spend in excess of $25 for a few minutes we decided to just hit the gift shop. Maybe pick up some interesting books on the exhibit. Of course we entered at the back entrance and would have to go all the way around the building to the main entrance for the gift shop. Needless to say it’s a large building and by the time we made it around we were told that we couldn’t enter. They stopped letting in guests at 4 and we weren’t even permitted to slip into the gift shop. Seems odd when all w wanted to do was spend some cash, but guess they have their rules. Guess I’ll have to get my pirate knowledge on somewhere else.