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Maritime Museum: Explore Tall Ships and History
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267 Ratings
Mystic
Embark on a premier maritime history exploration at Mystic Seaport Museum. Climb aboard tall ships, explore a shipyard, stroll through gardens, and dive into life at sea during the golden age of sail.
Embark on a premier maritime history exploration at Mystic Seaport Museum. Climb aboard tall ships, explore a shipyard, stroll through gardens, and dive into life at sea during the golden age of sail.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mystic Seaport Museum - Immerse yourself in 19 acres of America’s maritime history. Mystic Seaport encompasses a world-renowned preservation shipyard, a 19th-century seafaring village, and formal galleries where you’ll find assorted permanent and rotating exhibits that explore America’s relationship with the sea. - Charles W. Morgan - Visit…
- Mystic Seaport Museum - Immerse yourself in 19 acres of America’s maritime history. Mystic Seaport encompasses a world-renowned preservation shipyard, a 19th-century seafaring village, and formal galleries where you’ll find assorted permanent and rotating exhibits that explore America’s relationship with the sea.
- Charles W. Morgan - Visit the actively working preservation shipyard where ships and boats of all sizes are restored and maintained. Docked alongside a 19th Century recreated working waterfront seaport village, three tall ships beckon to be explored. Among them - the last wooden whaleship the world - the Charles W. Morgan is considered the “crown jewel” of the Mystic Seaport collection, she has outlived all others of her kind. Climb aboard and go below decks to learn about the men and women who lived aboard!
What's Included
- 3 tall ships
- Entire 19-acre indoor/outdoor museum experience
- Parking fees
- 3 tall ships
- Entire 19-acre indoor/outdoor museum experience
- Parking fees
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
Bask in the refreshing ocean air at the nation’s top-notch maritime history museum. Patrons have the liberty to journey aboard lofty ships, tour a restoration dockyard where skilled carpenters revive age-old wooden ships, wander in ancestral gardens, and partake in narrations of nautical tales conveyed by approachable personnel and volunteers. All…
Bask in the refreshing ocean air at the nation’s top-notch maritime history museum. Patrons have the liberty to journey aboard lofty ships, tour a restoration dockyard where skilled carpenters revive age-old wooden ships, wander in ancestral gardens, and partake in narrations of nautical tales conveyed by approachable personnel and volunteers. All indoor displays are accessible to offer visitors an extensive insight into sea’s livelihood during the glorious era of sail and beyond. During the summer, weekends are typically packed with extra activities.
- Valid up to one year from date of purchase
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Limited number of wheelchairs are available on a first come, first serve basis
- Historic location. Ships and some exhibit buildings have limited handicap accessibility
- If closed due to extreme weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date
- Dogs on leash are permitted on grounds. Not permitted on ships or in exhibits. Do not leave unattended.
- Masks are required to be worn in indoor spaces
Location
Mystic Seaport Museum
75 Greenmanville Ave,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(267 Ratings)
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Diana
Sep 24, 2024
Mystic Seaport Rocks the Boats!! - This museum is HUGE!! You are allowed to board actual clipper ships and whaling vessels, listen to craftsmen doing their jobs, and learn all about 19th century boating life. This is highly recommended for everyone!!!
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Michael_h
Sep 21, 2024
Great museum - Great historical site 19 acres of sites. Amazing to walk onto ships and see how they lived. Every building had great exhibits
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Kelly
Sep 14, 2024
Huge museum! - This museum was a lot larger than expected. We were there 4 hours and still hadn't seen the entire property! We enjoyed our day. Worth the time!
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T5188oumarkh
Oct 10, 2024
If you're touring New England, visiting Mystic Seaport should be a priority. - If you're touring New England, I think visiting Mystic Seaport should be a priority. It's only about an hour from Newport, RI.
This "living museum" tell the story about maritime life and industry with great insight from tradespeople. Yes, there are sailing ships and after being onboard you'll wonder how people could tolerate such conditions. The museum exhibits are comprehensive.
Even if you try to breeze through it, plan on a minimum of a couple hours, but better yet plan on half a day.
Most kids will like it and it's expansive enough for the m to burn off some energy.
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Since1985together
Oct 8, 2024
Enjoyed our visit - We enjoyed our visit; we stayed about 3 hours and it was not crowded. We wish there had been an audio tour accompaniment. The best spots were the places that had people who actively shared information—not waiting for questions to be asked. In the shipyard, a man was energetically telling us about all the restoration and the materials used in the process—we loved that.
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Nataly02
Sep 26, 2024
Worth the $$$ - We got there right at 10am and left around 2pm. There is so much to see here. The Charles W. Morgan was a beautiful ship with so much history. We spent time walking through all the homes and stores. Some of the places had employees in them that were very knowledgeable about the area and the building they were in the town at that time. It was a nice afternoon.
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Don
Sep 16, 2024
Second time here in 15 years - Still a great place to visit. Unfortunately being in our upper 70’s we just couldn’t do all of the buildings that we did before, but we saw the majority of them. We also got to enjoy some hot fudge sundaes.
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Jonheron
Sep 12, 2024
A nice afternoon - It's a lovely site, the seaport is beautiful. I found the exhibits interesting but a bit no-hit. The market was nothing special. Wanted to enjoy it more. Wish I had.
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Escapeartistsonbikes
Sep 18, 2024
NOT Wheelchair Friendly, despite their saying so - To my fellow wheelchair users, Mystic Seaport is NOT wheelchair accessible. There are about three relatively brief stretches of paved paths which are good, the rest are decidedly not … Far too much gravel, cobblestones, bricks, uneven sidewalks, and sudden drop-offs. There are many small, old historical buildings. Would you like to see what’s inside? Well, you can’t. Most of them have steps, no ramps, no access.
I use a motorized chair which can be disengaged and pushed. My state of mind here varied from briefly relaxed to nervous and terrified. There’s a reason they charge wheelchair users half price. My husband and I enjoyed a nice quiet lunch there but the effort in getting there and then back to the exit wasn’t worth it. I left this place feeling upset, anxious, disappointed, and in pain from all the jostling.
If you’re looking for a fun, entertaining, fully wheelchair-accessible place nearby, go to the Mystic Aquarium instead. You’ll feel accepted and welcome. A 100% better experience!
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Crazycatlady923
Oct 6, 2024
$30 to look at a ship? - I feel like the way they have closed off all the streets and “hidden” the ship is a little skeezy. I thought you’d be able to just go snap a pic and leave. We didn’t have time or interest to tour the whole grounds or ship. I can see $30 to tour the ship. But it’s being hidden from the public to get people to pay $30 and that just didn’t sit right with me. It seems to me you used to be able to walk aRound the grounds or view the ship from affair for free and now they have cornered it off. Google maps acted like you could drive on streets that are now blocked off. Kinda lame, Mystic. I kept my money.
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