BATH — Anyone who hasn’t yet viewed historical artifacts associated with the pirate Blackbeard have just a few more days to do so before a traveling exhibition leaves Beaufort County.

The “QAR Shipwreck Archaeological Exhibit” closes May 31, according to Historic Bath site manager Chris Umfleet. The exhibit opened in Bath on March 1, and since then it has been viewed by an estimated 3,000 visitors to the site’s exhibition hall, located in the former Bath High School.

The exhibit is open free to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The site is presently closed Sundays and Mondays.

Among the items displayed are artifacts recovered from the wreck of Blackbeard’s ship “Queen Anne’s Revenge.” The collection includes cannon balls, gold flakes, straight pins, pipe fragments, a pewter plate, spoon and a small cannon.

The QAR collection is actually one of two Historic Bath exhibits. The second features a selection of costumes, props and memorabilia from “Blackbeard: Knight of the Black Flag.” The fictionalized account of Blackbeard’s ties to Bath was performed by local thespians, including runs in the 1970s and 1980s, according to Umfleet. That collection will remain on display until November, the 300th anniversary of the pirate’s death.

Once the QAR exhibit sets sail from Bath next week, there will be plenty of other offerings to entice local residents and visitors to Beaufort County, Umfleet promised.

Among them, the site will host a Buccaneers & Barbecue Festival on June 16, and an accompanying exhibit “History of BBQ in North Carolina” will be unveiled.

“There’s going to be barbecue advertisements, the history of barbecue as it came from the Caribbean to America, east-versus-west barbecue, wood-versus-gas,” Umfleet said of the exhibit. “We’re going to have a mock-up of an open-air barbecue pit, and the pork council is loaning us a three-dimensional model of a pig where the different meat sections come out.”

The barbecue festival itself will feature a cooking competition open to any nonprofit organization in Beaufort County, according to Umfleet. Barbecue pork, side dishes and desserts will be offered for sale, and live music by “Old Smoke” will be included in the festivities.

For more information about these and other activities offered by Historic Bath, call 252-923-3971 or visit the historic site’s Facebook page.