May 24, 2012
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Seaport Museum New York
(between Front and South Streets)
New York, NY 10038
Tel: (212) 748-8786
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$10 ships-only access. Children under 2 are free.
Members: show membership card at 12 Fulton Street, Pier 16 Visitor Center to receive free admission ticket
Visitor Center at Pier 16: Tues–Sun 10 am-7 pm
Formerly known as the South Street Seaport Museum, this organization preserves vestiges of the time when Lower Manhattan was a thriving seaport ringed by a forest of masts, when its narrow cobbled streets were lined with counting houses, ship chandleries, tobacconists, sailors bars, flophouses and fishmongers. In 1967 the museum was chartered to reclaim an area of neglected buildings, many of which were slated for demolition.
Berthed nearby on Pier 16 are several historic ships including the Peking, a steel four-masted bark; the Wavertree, an iron full-rigged ship; the Pioneer, a cargo schooner; and the Lettie G. Howard, a wooden fishing schooner. Several of the ships have on-board exhibitions. For architecture enthusiasts there are tours of adjacent buildings that feature an eclectic mix of styles, from the 19th-century Federal rowhouses to neoclassical and Greek Revival-style buildings. The museum's indoor galleries are closed until further notice.
- Directions: Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Fulton Street; A, C to Broadway-Nassau Street
- Disability Access: Partially accessible
- Gift Shops: Museum Store, 12 Fulton Street: Mon–Sun 10 am-7 pm
Bowne & Co., Stationers, 211 Water Street: Mon-Sun 10 am-7 pm
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School Group New Amsterdam Walking Tour
Ongoing Trace the development of Lower Manhattan from 1600 to the present, finishing at the archeological exhibit, New York Unearthed.
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Ongoing These archaeology-centered workshops for school groups shed light on the lives of residents of New Amsterdam and early New Yorkers. Students examine artifacts and attempt to reconstruct history.
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Ongoing This exhibition, seen at the Museum of the City of New York in 2009, explores what the island of Manhattan (or Mannahatta, as it was known by the Native Americans) looked like when Henry Hudson arrived with his crew in 1609.