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Meet our WITS partners ➡️

Our neighborhood cultural institutions and museums have played an instrumental role in making sure WITS Travel Summit attendees have the time of their lives in Lower Manhattan. We thank them for their time and energy, and for generously providing exclusive tours, access discounts and more to conference ticket holders!

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If every spring you find yourself admiring Lower Manhattan’s dazzling tulips and wish you could take them home for yourself, tomorrow is your lucky day!

Beginning at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, we’ll be out at Bowling Green Park digging up tulip bulbs for the taking. For novice gardeners worried about their future flowers, fear not: each nursery pot comes with an instructional card for caring for your bulb. We can’t wait to see you there!

Meet our WITS partners ➡️

Our neighborhood cultural institutions and museums have played an instrumental role in making sure WITS Travel Summit attendees have the time of their lives in Lower Manhattan. We thank them for their time and energy, and for generously providing exclusive tours, access discounts and more to conference ticket holders!

#WITSDTNYC

Proud WITS Partner: The South Street Seaport Museum ⛵️

The South Street Seaport Museum has generously opened up several of their signature tours, including their notorious “Sinister Secrets of the Seaport” walking tour, for WITS attendees. Two of the museum’s historic ships, the 1885 tall ship Wavertree and the 1908 Lightship Ambrose, will also be available to tour. Additionally, a printmaking workshop at Bowne & Co. will allow WITS attendees to experience the magic of the museum’s 19th-century letterpress, one of the oldest in the city.

Founded in 1967, the South Street Seaport Museum “preserves and interprets the history of New York as a great port city.” In addition to its fleet of historic vessels, the museum is home to an extensive collection of art, books, archival materials and other artifacts that reflect New York City’s storied maritime past.

Thank you to the South Street Seaport Museum for all they do in helping preserve Lower Manhattan’s rich history, and for helping us bring the 2025 WITS Travel Creator Summit to life.

Stay tuned to meet more of our partners!
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Photo credit: Richard Bowditch

Next week, the annual WITS Travel Summit touches down in Lower Manhattan ✈️

For five days, over 500 established and aspiring travel content creators will be calling the neighborhood home – exploring all of the culture, history and beauty downtown New York City has to offer. We’ve been working hard to make #WITSDTNYC the best it can be, but we couldn’t do it alone. That’s where our amazing neighborhood partners come in.

The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian is a proud partner, helping to officially kick off WITS by offering their space for our official opening party!

The museum cares for one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections of Native artifacts covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. Since their founding in 1989, the museum’s mission has been to foster “a richer shared human experience through a more informed understanding of Native peoples.” The museum is open every day from 10-5, and admission is always free.

Thank you to the NMAI for helping us bring WITS to life, and stay tuned to meet more of our partners!

Met? We thought you said “pet.”

It’s the first Monday in May, which means the #MetGala is fully underway. But 82nd street is a little out of our district, so we decided to skip it (we were totally invited) and show off our dapperly dressed pets instead. Enjoy, and let us know your pick for best dressed in the comments!

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This week downtown: good causes, good dogs, good vibes ☀️🤙

#downtownnyc #roundup #bts #jungkook #matcha