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A cultural institution dedicated to preserving the story of the rise of New York as a port city and its role in the development of the US ⚓️ #WhereNewYorkBegins
New York City
Joined September 2011
Last night, the Museum welcomed NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs @CommishCumbo, @nycdistrict1 CM Christopher Marte, District 6 CM @galeabrewer, tribal leaders from the Ramapo-Munsee, and more to the #RibbonCutting of A.A. Thomson & Co. and the inaugural #Exhibition “Maritime City.”
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Today in 1848, an Act of Congress granted land to help establish the #GansevoortMarket and the West Washington Market. Did you know that these #NYC #PublicMarkets were essential in the #OceanLiner era? Learn more on our Instagram profile! #TodayInHistory
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Happy #NationalLighthouseDay! #OTD in 1789, Congress approved an act to support lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and piers. #LighthouseKeepers Ida Lewis and Katherine Walker are both remembered for their exceptional service and for challenging beliefs of what work women could do.
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Join us Sunday, August 10 at 4pm, for a special all-ages Launch and Learn #Sail aboard the historic #Schooner Pioneer. As we sail across #NewYork Harbor, we will learn about #NYCLandmarks, canals and #SailFreight. 🎟️ : $10–50,
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#OnThisDay in 1968, the lightship #Ambrose arrived at the Seaport Museum! The first in the Museum’s fleet of historic ships, she was donated by the @USCG and affectionately referred to as a “stubby red hull” in a South Street Reporter article chronicling her arrival in New York.
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Happy 235th Birthday to @USCG! #OTD in 1790, Congress created the US #CoastGuard (then the Revenue Cutter Service) to enforce tariff and trade laws, and to prevent smuggling at sea. 📷: “USCG Mahoning”, May 14, 1971. Gift of Stan Willhight 2024.001.0066
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Join the Seaport Museum on Wednesday, August 6, at 6:30pm for a talk about the #History of #NewYorkCity #PublicPools. 💦. 🎟️ : Free,
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Dive into the history and future of New York City’s public pools with the South Street Seaport Museum and + POOL’s Program Director—and proud public pool superfan—Nora Cronin. This lively, interact...
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Today is #NationalColoringBookDay, so grab your favorite crayons or colored pencils, and join the Seaport Museum today to make this day the most colorful one yet. You can color South Street in the 1880s Age of Sail, and share with us what you see out on Pier 16! #FromTheArchives
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The #lightship LV-87/WAL-512, known as Ambrose, served as a guiding light for large ships entering Lower New York Bay from 1908 to 1932. Her scale ship model with original yellow-colored hull is the Museum's August #ObjectOfTheMonth and is on view in the exhibition #MaritimeCity!
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Happy #NationalInternDay! 🌟 Today we recognize and appreciate our Summer 2025 interns for their contributions. Each intern brings unique perspectives and new ideas that advance our operations in meaningful ways, sharing an enthusiasm for learning about “Where New York Begins.”
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📖 Join us for the August session of the Seaport Museum #BookClub on Monday, August 25, at 6:30pm! . Book: "The Doctors Blackwell" 🩺. 🎟️ :
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🕵️♀️ Scandal, secrets, and…a prize? 👀. Join the Museum for one of our upcoming Sinister Secrets of the Seaport #WalkingTours, where your guide will spill the tea on crime, corruption, and drama in #LowerManhattan. 🎟️ : $30–$40, Ages 13+,
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Throughout this interactive walking tour, your guide will share historical stories ripped from the headlines of newspapers and publications from the 1790s to the 1990s that provide a new perspective...
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Today is National Day of the #Cowboy! 🏇 Celebrated annually on the fourth Saturday of July, it encourages the preservation of cowboy history in the US. Take a look at this toy and many other on the Museum’s free #CollectionsOnline Portal
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The Italian transatlantic SS Andrea Doria was struck by the Swedish liner MS Stockholm and capsized off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, #OnThisDay in 1956. Though not the largest or fastest ocean liner of its era, Andrea Doria was widely regarded as the most beautiful.
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From the 1930s-1980s plastic lamination was seen as a good conservation technique to strengthen paper artifacts. Today, it is known to do more harm than good. Read about this topic in this month's #CollectionsChronicles Blog post:
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Join the Seaport Museum and the Terror and Erebus Society on Thursday, July 31, at 6:30pm for “Queer History: Polar Exploration” an engaging evening exploration of #Queer #MaritimeHistory and #PolarHistory, in a free mini-symposium. 🎟️:
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Learn all about queer maritime and polar history in this evening of free talks in this mini-symposium presented by the South Street Seaport Museum and the polar social club, Terror and Erebus Society.
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Some things never change. Even before modern rolling #Suitcases, people decorated personal items with #Souvenirs from their #Travels. Come see this early 20th century luggage in the exhibition #MaritimeCity! 🧳: Gift of Mrs. William W. Bush 1996.009
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🌇 Step aboard the 1885 #Schooner Pioneer for an unforgettable #Sunset #Sail! Get your ticket to watch from the deck of a #HistoricShip as #NYC comes alive with a color and light as the sun begins to dip below the horizon. 🎟 : Thursday–Saturday, $15–$70,
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Do you have any fun #TravelPlans for this #Summer? The people in this photograph, taken #OnThisDay in 1968, had just arrived at the #CunardLine pier on the #HudsonRiver. #FromTheArchives.📷: US Custom House Collection 2005.USCH.0226
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Happy #NationalTropicalFruitDay! 🍌.#Bananas are the most-consumed fresh fruit in the US today, but in 1870 bananas were still a delicacy unavailable to most Americans living inland. 📰: “Landing Tropical Fruits at Burling Slip, New York” 1870. #FromTheArchives, 1988.096
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