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Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Learn more about Seaport Museum exhibitions, both past and present, below.

The Museum’s latest exhibition Maritime City is now on view in the A.A. Thomson & Co. building located at 213 Water Street. In addition, Millions: Migrants and Millionaires Aboard the Great Liners, 1900–1914 and South Street and the Rise of New York are on view in the the Museum's introduction gallery space inside Schermerhorn Row at 12 Fulton Street.

Access to all current exhibitions is included in Museum admission tickets.

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Black and white photograph depicting passengers aboard North German Lloyd Line ship SS Bremen looking starboard toward Manhattan skyline.

Maritime City

The Seaport Museum’s latest exhibition Maritime City, highlights how New York City, as we know it today, arose from the sea. Throughout the extensive three-floor exhibition, 540 deliberately-selected objects from the collections and archives of the Seaport Museum are on view to underscore how the city’s identity as a global capital of culture and finance is rooted in its origins as a seaport. 

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Millions: Migrants and Millionaires Aboard the Great Liners, 1900–1914

Examine, side-by-side, the dichotomy between First Class and Third Class passengers aboard ocean liners of the early 20th century.

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South Street and the Rise of New York

Explore the critical role played by the Seaport and South Street in securing New York’s place as America’s largest city and its rise to become the world’s busiest port by the start of the 20th century.

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Schermerhorn Row pre-restoration, ca. 1968

Architecture of Trade: Schermerhorn Row and the Seaport

Examine the life of Schermerhorn Row

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Street of Ships: The Port and its People

Learn about the 19th century port of New York

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The Original Gus Wagner: The Maritime Roots of Modern Tattoo

Learn about the maritime roots of modern tattoo

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The Printed Port

Learn how printing is an integral part of New York's and America's History

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