Tours, demonstrations, maker workshops, harvesting opportunities and fun family activities at the Lavender Field on Governors Island — a healing space for community, bees and the earth, and the only lavender field […]
Break out your best flapper dresses, linen jackets, straw hats and spats, and 100-year-old Gatsby-inspired attire! New York’s favorite throwback party is back this June for its 16th anniversary. The […]
Hands-on activities and engagement stations for kids of all ages provide creative opportunities that illuminate history and life at sea while enhancing your visit to the Museum’s galleries, the tall […]
Colombian artist Marta Blair invites the public to participate in a large-scale tape installation. Inspired by one of names Lenape people call the Hudson River: Mahicantuk, "River that Flows Two […]
Metalworking demonstrations that delve into the crucial role of blacksmiths during the Age of Sail, both on land and aboard ships at sea. Professional metalworker and long-time Seaport Museum volunteer […]
Learn about the park's rich history, many important landmarks and monuments, SeaGlass Carousel, beautiful perennial gardens designed by renowned Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, and so much more!
In celebration of Caribbean-American Heritage Month, all are invited to experience the dynamic and creative energy of the Franck Muhel & His Mambo Dancers. Learn the traditional steps of the mambo by the renowned dancer and choreographer Franck Muhel whom you may have seen recently dancing in the acclaimed movie “In the Heights”. Then hit […]
Yan Phou Lee (李恩富) was the first Chinese American to publish a book in the United States, When I was a Boy in China (1887). He first came to the […]
One of the best-kept secrets of early New York is the presence of the first Arabic-speaking community in the United States, located on Washington Street on the Lower West Side of Manhattan, first settled in 1880. Almost no buildings remain on Washington Street from the nineteenth century. Linda Jacobs, a scholar and historian will give […]
Berlin’s city center was once home to a thriving Jewish community. Join this livestreamed, virtual walking tour and learn about the variety of characters who made up that community, from the financial and merchant elite to craftsmen. Our guide will show us significant landmarks such as the Leo Baeck building, Addas Jisroel community center, the […]
Visit the Seaport Museum for free campus-wide family fun in partnership with PJ Library! One day a month, April through June General Admission ticketing fees will be waived for a […]
Weekly writing session. Taking inspiration from life events, participants will be encouraged to use reflection as a way to enhance their writing styles in any preferred mode. Free, space is limited, registration required.
Lecture. In this lecture, Christopher Minty focuses on the origins of the American Revolution in New York City from the perspective of those who became loyalists. It argues that longstanding […]
Air Bud: A tale about an uncanny canine whose ability to shoot hoops astonishes a lonely boy, who rescues the dog from an abusive owner. Rated PG.