Through engaging storytelling and visuals, we will embark on a journey to explore Liss's remarkable story, shedding light on her enslavement by the Townsend family of Oyster Bay, New York, and her subsequent escape with the British forces.

Blog Post: Newspaper clippings now on the Collections Online Portal

The Seaport Museum aims to make our facilities accessible to all visitors. Due to the historical nature of our ships and Landmarked buildings, access requirements vary for each location.

Cap the Seaport Museum’s Pride Month festivities by getting out on the water to join the LGBTQ+ sailing club Knickerbocker Sailing Association’s (KSA) 21st-annual floating parade.

The Seaport Museum’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month festivities continue with a special screening of the music-forward film Walk With Me.

The Seaport Museum is partnering with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council to host 17 New York-based artists who will share performances, practices, and journeys through one-on-one encounters.

Join free campus-wide family fun activities presented in partnership with PJ Library!

Blog Post: History and care of photographic slides.

The Seaport Museum is pleased to host the 1930 Capitán Miranda, a sail training tall ship of the Uruguay Navy, which will offer several opportunities for the public to come aboard.

On Site Opera returns to the Seaport Museum to stage Il Tabarro (The Cloak) with music by Giacomo Puccini and libretto by Giuseppe Adami aboard the lightship Ambrose and on Pier 16.

In this hybrid event Captain Robert Johnson will share the history, explore the concept, and recount his most harrowing experiences as a bar pilot on the Columbia River.

Kick off LGBTQ+ Pride Month with The Ranzo Boys and the Seaport Museum! In this musical program, Lafayette Matthews and Jules Peiperl will explore queer narratives in maritime music.

Speaker Julia Hansen will share her harrowing tale of how she survived the SS Andrea Doria disaster, which was one of the worst shipwrecks to occur in United States waters during the 20th century.

As the sun begins to dip below the horizon, step aboard the beautifully restored 1885 schooner Pioneer and watch in awe as the city that never sleeps comes alive with a mesmerizing display of color and light.

Join the South Street Seaport Museum for a thrilling 2-hour daytime sail through the stunning New York Harbor aboard the 1885 schooner Pioneer.

In celebration of New York Water Week and the U.N. Water Conference, the Seaport Museum is hosting The Water Arch installation and a free panel discussion on Water, Art, and Activism.

To keep the South Street Seaport Museum and our work accessible to all, General Admission tickets are Pay What You Wish during all regular open hours. Visitors are invited to decide what valuation is right for them––the full ticket price, free in-person admission, or any amount in between.

Part of Queer History speaker series

Kids ages 5-12 will walk the capstan ‘round, while learning how sailors lived

Kick off your Holi celebration with the Seaport Museum

Create a vibrant collaborative mural for the annual Holi festival

Blog Post: Rethinking and Investigating this Charming Craft

Create a lion chain using paper links inspired by the colorful signal flags

Presentation will examine how NYC came of age as a modern metropolis

Blog Post: The Models that Made the Models.

Fold paper boats using colorful holiday paper

Create a personalized signal flag banner as a maritime holiday gift or decor

Author Gaelin Rosenwaks' book "Sperm Whales: The Gentle Goliaths of the Oceans"