Mystic Seaport Museum will host its 40th annual Sea Music Festival June 6-9, featuring concerts, workshops, hands-on demonstrations, and a scholarly symposium – all celebrating the music of the sea. From songs of the golden age of sail to contemporary compositions, the festival includes a wide variety of sea music both modern and traditional, a…
Find more than 100 traditional and classic wooden boats of every type at the Annual WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport Museum. The festival, hosted in partnership with WoodenBoat Publications, celebrates the design and craftsmanship of wooden craft. see details
Find more than 100 traditional and classic wooden boats of every type at the Annual WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport Museum. The festival, hosted in partnership with WoodenBoat Publications, celebrates the design and craftsmanship of wooden craft. see details
The Antique & Classic Boat Rendezvous at Mystic Seaport Museum showcases high-quality antique vessels that create a colorful gathering along the Museum’s waterfront. An award competition will recognize excellence in restoration, authenticity, and workmanship. The Rendezvous concludes Sunday at 12 p.m. with a parade of the classic boats down the Mystic River. Each will be…
The Antique & Classic Boat Rendezvous at Mystic Seaport Museum showcases high-quality antique vessels that create a colorful gathering along the Museum’s waterfront. An award competition will recognize excellence in restoration, authenticity, and workmanship. The Rendezvous concludes Sunday at 12 p.m. with a parade of the classic boats down the Mystic River. Each will be…
More than 300 engines will be exhibited in the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport Museum. Many will be operated for your viewing and listening pleasure. A large selection of marine models will also be on display. Saturday 9am-5pm Sunday 9am-3pm
More than 300 engines will be exhibited in the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport Museum. Many will be operated for your viewing and listening pleasure. A large selection of marine models will also be on display. Saturday 9am-5pm Sunday 9am-3pm
Plimoth Plantation, Mystic Seaport Museum, dignitaries and the ship’s restoration team present the official launch and re-commissioning of Mayflower II in an exciting public event. The ceremony, which begins at 2 p.m., includes performances, remarks, and the ship’s christening with water from all 50 states as well as Plymouth, U.K., and Leiden, Netherlands, before Mayflower…
Plimoth Plantation, Mystic Seaport Museum, dignitaries and the ship’s restoration team present the official launch and re-commissioning of Mayflower II in an exciting public event. The ceremony, which begins at 2 p.m., includes performances, remarks, and the ship’s christening with water from all 50 states as well as Plymouth, U.K., and Leiden, Netherlands, before Mayflower…
Join us for a day of “all things oyster” at our third Mystic River Oyster Festival on Saturday, September 28! This festival offers an opportunity for Museum visitors to learn about the oyster fishery and to meet and support area growers! Sample many delicious oysters from the region: vendors will sell oysters at 3 for…
Join us for a day of “all things oyster” at our third Mystic River Oyster Festival on Saturday, September 28! This festival offers an opportunity for Museum visitors to learn about the oyster fishery and to meet and support area growers! Sample many delicious oysters from the region: vendors will sell oysters at 3 for…
In partnership with Tate, London, from October 5, 2019, to February 23, 2020, Mystic Seaport Museum presents J.M.W. Turner: Watercolors from Tate, a major exhibition drawn from the renowned Turner Bequest of 1856, the vast legacy of art donated to Great Britain by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), which resides today in Tate Britain. Mystic Seaport Museum…
In partnership with Tate, London, from October 5, 2019, to February 23, 2020, Mystic Seaport Museum presents J.M.W. Turner: Watercolors from Tate, a major exhibition drawn from the renowned Turner Bequest of 1856, the vast legacy of art donated to Great Britain by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), which resides today in Tate Britain. Mystic Seaport Museum…
Inspiration for this year’s Nautical Nightmare, Wake of the Banshee, is founded in the depths of Irish, Scottish, and English folklore, pulling reference from the works of Yeats, Shakespeare, and other collected cultural whisperings regarding the mischievously mysterious “fair-folk”. Each performance of Nautical Nightmares is an approximately one-hour tour that covers a 1/3 - 1/2…
Inspiration for this year’s Nautical Nightmare, Wake of the Banshee, is founded in the depths of Irish, Scottish, and English folklore, pulling reference from the works of Yeats, Shakespeare, and other collected cultural whisperings regarding the mischievously mysterious “fair-folk”. Each performance of Nautical Nightmares is an approximately one-hour tour that covers a 1/3 - 1/2…
Inspiration for this year’s Nautical Nightmare, Wake of the Banshee, is founded in the depths of Irish, Scottish, and English folklore, pulling reference from the works of Yeats, Shakespeare, and other collected cultural whisperings regarding the mischievously mysterious “fair-folk”. Each performance of Nautical Nightmares is an approximately one-hour tour that covers a 1/3 - 1/2…
Inspiration for this year’s Nautical Nightmare, Wake of the Banshee, is founded in the depths of Irish, Scottish, and English folklore, pulling reference from the works of Yeats, Shakespeare, and other collected cultural whisperings regarding the mischievously mysterious “fair-folk”. Each performance of Nautical Nightmares is an approximately one-hour tour that covers a 1/3 - 1/2…
Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives presents a history theater performance of "My Name is ʻŌpūkahaʻia" on board the Charles W. Morgan ship at Mystic Seaport Museum! This one-person play tells the story of Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia, a Native Hawaiian man who traveled from Hawai‘i to New England via a boat just like the Charles…
Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives presents a history theater performance of "My Name is ʻŌpūkahaʻia" on board the Charles W. Morgan ship at Mystic Seaport Museum! This one-person play tells the story of Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia, a Native Hawaiian man who traveled from Hawai‘i to New England via a boat just like the Charles…
Inspiration for this year’s Nautical Nightmare, Wake of the Banshee, is founded in the depths of Irish, Scottish, and English folklore, pulling reference from the works of Yeats, Shakespeare, and other collected cultural whisperings regarding the mischievously mysterious “fair-folk”. Each performance of Nautical Nightmares is an approximately one-hour tour that covers a 1/3 - 1/2…
Inspiration for this year’s Nautical Nightmare, Wake of the Banshee, is founded in the depths of Irish, Scottish, and English folklore, pulling reference from the works of Yeats, Shakespeare, and other collected cultural whisperings regarding the mischievously mysterious “fair-folk”. Each performance of Nautical Nightmares is an approximately one-hour tour that covers a 1/3 - 1/2…
Inspiration for this year’s Nautical Nightmare, Wake of the Banshee, is founded in the depths of Irish, Scottish, and English folklore, pulling reference from the works of Yeats, Shakespeare, and other collected cultural whisperings regarding the mischievously mysterious “fair-folk”. Each performance of Nautical Nightmares is an approximately one-hour tour that covers a 1/3 - 1/2…
Inspiration for this year’s Nautical Nightmare, Wake of the Banshee, is founded in the depths of Irish, Scottish, and English folklore, pulling reference from the works of Yeats, Shakespeare, and other collected cultural whisperings regarding the mischievously mysterious “fair-folk”. Each performance of Nautical Nightmares is an approximately one-hour tour that covers a 1/3 - 1/2…
Inspiration for this year’s Nautical Nightmare, Wake of the Banshee, is founded in the depths of Irish, Scottish, and English folklore, pulling reference from the works of Yeats, Shakespeare, and other collected cultural whisperings regarding the mischievously mysterious “fair-folk”. Each performance of Nautical Nightmares is an approximately one-hour tour that covers a 1/3 - 1/2…
Inspiration for this year’s Nautical Nightmare, Wake of the Banshee, is founded in the depths of Irish, Scottish, and English folklore, pulling reference from the works of Yeats, Shakespeare, and other collected cultural whisperings regarding the mischievously mysterious “fair-folk”. Each performance of Nautical Nightmares is an approximately one-hour tour that covers a 1/3 - 1/2…
image credit: Mystic Seaport Museum Show off your best costume and join us for Mystic Seaport Museum’s annual trick-or-treat event – perfect for ages 10 and younger. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please bring your own trick-or-treat bag/pumpkin to collect your treats. Enter the grounds through the Center Entrance for the event. FREE…
image credit: Mystic Seaport Museum Show off your best costume and join us for Mystic Seaport Museum’s annual trick-or-treat event – perfect for ages 10 and younger. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please bring your own trick-or-treat bag/pumpkin to collect your treats. Enter the grounds through the Center Entrance for the event. FREE…
This invitational exhibition features more than 100 small paintings by some 50 top Maritime Gallery artists and are available for purchase – each no larger than 8” x 10”. All paintings convey a maritime theme, are reasonably priced, and are perfect for holiday gift giving. There will be scenes of majestic ships, yachts and working…
This invitational exhibition features more than 100 small paintings by some 50 top Maritime Gallery artists and are available for purchase – each no larger than 8” x 10”. All paintings convey a maritime theme, are reasonably priced, and are perfect for holiday gift giving. There will be scenes of majestic ships, yachts and working…
For the 40th Anniversary of the Museum’s Lantern Light Tours, tour-goers will immediately recognize the influences of that most Victorian of Christmas tales, Charles Dickens’s 1843 A Christmas Carol. They are asked by Mallory’s Ghost to help save his partner, Mr. Blackburn, from his miserable, loveless life, which will in turn save Greenmanville from becoming…
For the 40th Anniversary of the Museum’s Lantern Light Tours, tour-goers will immediately recognize the influences of that most Victorian of Christmas tales, Charles Dickens’s 1843 A Christmas Carol. They are asked by Mallory’s Ghost to help save his partner, Mr. Blackburn, from his miserable, loveless life, which will in turn save Greenmanville from becoming…
For the 40th Anniversary of the Museum’s Lantern Light Tours, tour-goers will immediately recognize the influences of that most Victorian of Christmas tales, Charles Dickens’s 1843 A Christmas Carol. They are asked by Mallory’s Ghost to help save his partner, Mr. Blackburn, from his miserable, loveless life, which will in turn save Greenmanville from becoming…
For the 40th Anniversary of the Museum’s Lantern Light Tours, tour-goers will immediately recognize the influences of that most Victorian of Christmas tales, Charles Dickens’s 1843 A Christmas Carol. They are asked by Mallory’s Ghost to help save his partner, Mr. Blackburn, from his miserable, loveless life, which will in turn save Greenmanville from becoming…
For the 40th Anniversary of the Museum’s Lantern Light Tours, tour-goers will immediately recognize the influences of that most Victorian of Christmas tales, Charles Dickens’s 1843 A Christmas Carol. They are asked by Mallory’s Ghost to help save his partner, Mr. Blackburn, from his miserable, loveless life, which will in turn save Greenmanville from becoming…
For the 40th Anniversary of the Museum’s Lantern Light Tours, tour-goers will immediately recognize the influences of that most Victorian of Christmas tales, Charles Dickens’s 1843 A Christmas Carol. They are asked by Mallory’s Ghost to help save his partner, Mr. Blackburn, from his miserable, loveless life, which will in turn save Greenmanville from becoming…
For the 40th Anniversary of the Museum’s Lantern Light Tours, tour-goers will immediately recognize the influences of that most Victorian of Christmas tales, Charles Dickens’s 1843 A Christmas Carol. They are asked by Mallory’s Ghost to help save his partner, Mr. Blackburn, from his miserable, loveless life, which will in turn save Greenmanville from becoming…
For the 40th Anniversary of the Museum’s Lantern Light Tours, tour-goers will immediately recognize the influences of that most Victorian of Christmas tales, Charles Dickens’s 1843 A Christmas Carol. They are asked by Mallory’s Ghost to help save his partner, Mr. Blackburn, from his miserable, loveless life, which will in turn save Greenmanville from becoming…
For the 40th Anniversary of the Museum’s Lantern Light Tours, tour-goers will immediately recognize the influences of that most Victorian of Christmas tales, Charles Dickens’s 1843 A Christmas Carol. They are asked by Mallory’s Ghost to help save his partner, Mr. Blackburn, from his miserable, loveless life, which will in turn save Greenmanville from becoming…
For the 40th Anniversary of the Museum’s Lantern Light Tours, tour-goers will immediately recognize the influences of that most Victorian of Christmas tales, Charles Dickens’s 1843 A Christmas Carol. They are asked by Mallory’s Ghost to help save his partner, Mr. Blackburn, from his miserable, loveless life, which will in turn save Greenmanville from becoming…
For the 40th Anniversary of the Museum’s Lantern Light Tours, tour-goers will immediately recognize the influences of that most Victorian of Christmas tales, Charles Dickens’s 1843 A Christmas Carol. They are asked by Mallory’s Ghost to help save his partner, Mr. Blackburn, from his miserable, loveless life, which will in turn save Greenmanville from becoming…
