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Kids walking the capstan ‘round on Wavertree

Crew and Cargo

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

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A hand-made paper puppet in front of a colorful landscape illustration.

Holi Storytime and Puppet Show

Kick off your Holi celebration with the Seaport Museum

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Hands making a colorful mural with vibrant chalk.

Holi Collaborative Mural

Create a vibrant collaborative mural for the annual Holi festival

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Rethinking Sailors’ Valentines

Blog Post: Rethinking and Investigating this Charming Craft

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Nautical Chinese Lion Chains

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

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Metropolis Shaped by Waterfront

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

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Van Ryper Ship Models

Blog Post: The Models that Made the Models.

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Holiday Paper Boats

Fold paper boats using colorful holiday paper

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Signal Flag Decorations

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

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Perspectives on Whales, Oceans, and the Changing Coastline

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

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Portrait of a Creek Tug

Blog Post: William Oscar Decker, built by the Russell Dry Dock Company

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Holiday Boat Baubles

Create paper boat baubles using colorful holiday paper

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Winter Holiday Printing Open House

See the printing presses at work on winter holiday products

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Under Cover(s)

Blog Post: Examining bindings in the Rare Book Collection

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Fulton Fish Market: A History Book Launch

Book launch for author Jonathan H. Rees's Fulton Fish Market: A History

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Readiness and Resilience: 10 Years After Sandy

A decade after Superstorm Sandy, a timely look back and forward

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Queer History: Gay Liberation and “Queer Occultism”

Candlelit historical exploration of occult shops, fortune tellers, and psychics

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Halloween Weekend at the Seaport Museum

Why carve a pumpkin when you could scrimshaw a gourd?

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Coffee Houses of Old New York

Blog Post: How Coffee’s Global Influence Impacted America’s Foundations

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Celebrating Sail

Blog Post: Danmark’s visit and centuries of ship demonstrations

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Giving Shape to Your Voice

Make a poster to share how you have chosen to combat climate change

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Paper Making Workshop

Learn how to recycle offcuts into new sheets of paper at Bowne & Co.

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Welcome Tall Ship Danmark

Free public tours of this historic training ship visiting from Denmark

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Waterford Tugboat Roundup

Cheer on W.O. Decker in Waterford, NY

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Climate Art and Climate Science

How do artists collaborate with scientists?

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Is it Thompson or Thomson?

Blog Post: The many names of 213-215 Water Street

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History and Heroism

Conversation exploring the complexities of defining “heroes”

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Paint and Ship

Learn to paint with a beverage in hand

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Prehistoric New York: Underwater Dominion

Underwater Dominion

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Queer History: 1990s and New York Waterfront

Meet past and present Commodores of KSA

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