October 25 | 11am–5pm | Free Museum Admission
Get ready for all treats and no tricks as the Seaport Museum comes alive with Halloween fun! From 11am to 5pm on Saturday, enjoy free Museum admission, and take part in the sailors’ superstitions spooky scavenger hunt throughout the 1885 tall ship Wavertree. If you can collect all of the superstitions you’ll get a special treat.
Free Museum admission for this special day grants access to the 1885 tall ship Wavertree and 1908 lightship Ambrose at Pier 16, as well as all current exhibitions on view in the introduction galleries inside Schermerhorn Row located at 12 Fulton Street and the new exhibition Maritime City in A.A. Thomson & Co. located at 213 Water Street. And, make sure to check out the temporary outdoor exhibition Signs of Origins while it is on view!
Don’t miss out on this frightfully fun day! While we encourage preregistration for Museum admission, we warmly welcome walkups to join in the Halloween fun.
Get More Halloween Fun at the Seaport Museum Throughout the Month
October is the perfect time to join the Seaport Museum’s 90-minute Sinister Secrets of the Seaport walking tour that will take you on a winding journey that unravels the sinister past of the South Street Seaport Historic District and Lower Manhattan. This timely tour will tell the scandalous, spooky, and dubious tales lurking in the cobblestone streets, historic buildings, and waterfront. Throughout this interactive tour, your guide will share historical stories ripped from the headlines of newspapers and publications from the 1790s to the 1990s.
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On Saturday, October 12, stop by the Seaport Museum at 207 Water Street between noon and 2pm for Halloween Paper Crafts and Letterpress Printing. In this free hands-on experience you’ll learn how to craft folded-paper bats, and other spooky paper creatures, along with Halloween-themed paper chains. For an extra thrill, our skilled Bowne designers will be on hand to guide you through crafting your own letterpress-printed broadside posters using a 19th century printing press from the Seaport Museum’s working collection.
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Ready for more?
Head over to our Programs and Events page to see what else is happening at the Museum. Sign up for an upcoming talk, learn more about visiting Wavertree, or explore our virtual offerings.