Book Talk: How the Fulton Fish Market Shaped America
The Fulton Fish Market was at one point the most important fish market on the entire East coast. It handled great quantities of fish, loaded right...
Sail Into the Past With a Visit to the Seaport Museum’s Wavertree
A friendly reminder that the South Street Seaport Museum’s Wavertree, a tall cargo ship built in the year 1885, is open and free to tour at Pier 16...
Students, Take Advantage of These Discounts at Five Lower Manhattan Museums
Back-to-school season is here, even if some students aren’t physically returning to campus. But with learning in the air and a chill in the temps,...
All Aboard! South Street Seaport Museum To Reopen Historic Ship For Visitors.
Cultural institutions such as the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the 9/11 Museum & Memorial recently announced their preparations for reopenings...
Take a Ride on New York Harbor’s Historic Tugboat
One Sunday evening a few weeks ago I was standing in the middle of New York Harbor with one foot propped up on the ledge of South Street Seaport’s...
Rosanne Cash: Helping Keep a Great Ship Afloat
Over the last three decades, singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash has recorded a dozen albums and had eleven Number 1 singles. Born in Memphis,...
Revisit a Classic: The Old Man & The Sea
Tonight at 5:30pm, join the South Street Seaport Museum for a screening of a favorite among people of all ages, "The Old Man and the Sea."The 1958...
Capturing New York City in Vivid Color
It appears as if you are looking at a photograph. The image of the Brooklyn Bridge is vividly captured. But if one glimpses only at it briefly, what...
South Street Seaport Museum Working To Reopen After Hurricane Sandy
In Susan Henshaw Jones’ words, Hurricane Sandy dealt the South Street Seaport Museum a “body blow.” The entire Seaport area was flooded and...