South Street Seaport Museum Announces November Family Activity Weekends
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South Street Seaport Museum announces November Family Activity Weekends on Saturdays and Sundays through November 30, 2024, from 11:00am–4:30pm. These activities are free with your Pay What You Wish General Admission tickets, no additional registration needed. Engagement stations may be located indoors at the 207 Water Street program space, or on the tall ship Wavertree at Pier 16 (Fulton and South Streets). Museum staff will be happy to point you in the direction of the weekend’s activity when you check in. seaportmuseum.org/family-activity-weekends November 2024: Build a Baggywrinkle Join the Seaport Museum for an all-ages activity where you get to learn about the common ships’ tool known as a baggywrinkle––a soft covering used to protect sails from damage. You’ll get to see a real example from one of the Seaport Museum’s historic ships, and then learn how to make one! Traditionally, baggywrinkle is made from unraveled ropes, but on weekends throughout November, you can come aboard the 1885 tall ship Wavertree and learn to make these important tools from scratch using colorful yarn. This fun craft makes for unique maritime-inspired Autumn decoration! This family activity will be offered on Saturdays and Sundays from November 2 through November 24. Access to Wavertree involves climbing a few stairs, walking up an angled gangway, and descending a few stairs onto the deck. The lower decks are accessible via stairs, while the upper deck requires navigating steep ladder-like stairs. About Family Activity Weekends Weekends bring fun activities for the whole family to the South Street Seaport Museum. Timely hands-on activities and engagement stations for visitors of all ages provide creative opportunities that illuminate history and life at sea while enhancing your visit to the Seaport Museum’s galleries, the tall ship Wavertree, and the lightship Ambrose. Activities and their locations change each month to highlight various aspects of maritime history, New York City’s beginnings as a port city, or the Museum’s collections and offerings. seaportmuseum.org/family-activity-weekends About the 1885 Tall Ship Wavertree Wavertree was built at Southampton, England, in 1885 and, after a 24-year sailing career and circumnavigating the globe at least three times, is now the last remaining iron-hulled three-masted full-rigged cargo ship. Today, Wavertree serves as the iconic centerpiece of the bustling waterfront that shaped New York City into a modern metropolis. seaportmuseum.org/about-wavertree About the South Street Seaport Museum The South Street Seaport Museum, located in the heart of the historic seaport district in New York City, preserves and interprets the history of New York as a great port city. Founded in 1967, the Museum houses an extensive collection of works of art and artifacts, a maritime reference library, exhibition galleries and education spaces, working 19th century print shops, and an active fleet of historic vessels that all work to tell the story of “Where New York Begins.” seaportmuseum.org # #SouthStreetSeaportMuseum #WhereNewYorkBegins @SouthStreetSeaportMuseum - Facebook @seaportmuseum - Instagram @seaportmuseum - X @seaportmuseum - TikTok