Step inside Schermerhorn Row to begin seaport adventure. Purchase tickets, view our exhibitions and visit our historic ships Street of Ships: The Port and Its People; visit our gift shop and ask a crew member about adding a sailboat ride or tugboat cruise onto your museum admission on our historic vessels that head out into New York Harbor.
Visit our new ongoing exhibition: Millions: Migrants and Millionaires abroad the Great Liners, 1900-1914
Admission includes access to both the 1885 cargo ship Wavertree and the 1907 lightship Ambrose, weather permitting. Guided tours of Ambrose are offered several times daily.
Due to Hurricane Sandy-related damages, access to the galleries on upper floors is by appointment, for Education programs, or private groups only. | Please e-mail info@seany.org for more information.
The 2019 sailing season is live on the calendar; Click the tickets button below and pre-book your sailing adventure
Spend an afternoon at the Museum!Pioneer tickets include free admission to the Museum’s exhibitions. Bring your ticket to the Museum before or after your sail! Please be sure to arrive with ample time before your sail if you wish to visit the museum before your trip.
Pioneer is host to charters and special sails during her season. Click Below for more information about Pioneer sailing and volunteer opportunities, as well as special events and programs.
The South Street Seaport Museum is home to a fleet of five historic vessels: the 133 year-old Wavertree, cargo ship and flagship of the Seaport Museum’s fleet, now back from a 13-million dollar, 18-month, city-funded restoration; the Historic National Landmark 1907 lightship Ambrose; schooners Pioneer and Lettie G. Howard, both award-winning sail training vessels; and W.O. Decker, one of the last steam-powered, wooden tugs built in New York. Click Below to learn about our historic ships.
Ship Wavertree and lightship Ambrose are available to tour as part of your admission experience. Visitors are welcomed to explore our exhibition space in our Visitor Center and head to pier 16 for self guided experiences on Wavertree and guided tours of Ambrose. (Ship access is weather permitting) Click the button below to purchase admission tickets
A gift and fine goods emporium
Bowne & Co., Stationers, New York’s oldest operating business under the same name. Bowne & Co. was established by Robert Bowne in 1775, and grew as a financial printer throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1975, Bowne & Co. Inc. partnered with the Seaport Museum to open a 19th-century-style print shop at 211 Water Street in the South Street Seaport Historic District.
Monday – Sunday | 11am – 7pm | Free Entry
211 Water Street
(646)-315-4478
bowne@seany.org
Custom 19th-century letterpress printing
The Bowne & Co., Printing Office continues the age old tradition of job (or small batch) printing. Using seven historic presses from South Street Seaport Museum’s working collection; our resident printers create individual designs using custom plates or historic fonts. The Printing Office is home to the new exhibition: The Printed Port that illuminates and interprets the job printing industry, a mammoth force in the development of the 19th century port of New York. Visitors are invited explore original and reproduced artifacts from the Museum’s collection and watch as presses from the Museum’s working collection are activated daily during live printing demonstrations.
Entrance to this exhibition is included with General Admission. Click below for tickets.
By subway:
By bus:
By ferry:
Parking:
