May 4 | 12–2pm | 211 Water Street | Free
Looking for a special Mother’s Day gift? Come to Bowne & Co. to join the talented designers in creating a festive Mother’s Day card using the Museum’s 19th century historical printing equipment. From 12–2pm you are invited to stop by Bowne & Co. to see the Seaport Museum’s working collection in action and to try printing your card. While you’re at the Museum, check out the wide array of unique products available at the Bowne & Co. Gift Emporium to find something special for the mother figure in your life. And, you can print a little something for dad too.
Want to include mom in the experience? Invite her to join in the festivities and attend the program together. Throughout the activity you’ll make memories to last a lifetime.
Advanced registration is suggested for this free event but walk-ups will be accommodated as possible and drop-ins are welcome. Anyone ages 12 and up is welcome. All participants get to take home the cards they print during the afternoon.
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Extend Your Visit
Access to the Museum’s historical ships and introduction galleries is not included with this event. To see more that the Museum has to offer, ask Museum staff about our Wednesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm, Pay What You Wish General Admission tickets when you check in.
Pay What You Wish General Admission tickets include access to all current exhibitions on view in the introduction gallery space at 12 Fulton Street, family activities, and access to the 1885 tall ship Wavertree. Free timed tickets for a tour of the 1908 lightship Ambrose are available separately at no additional cost.
Bowne & Co.
Bowne & Co. is New York’s oldest operating business under the same name. Using seven historic presses from the Museum’s working collection, our resident printers continue the age-old tradition of job (or small batch) printing, creating individual designs using custom plates or historic fonts.