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Schaefer's Spouter Tavern
Closed for the Winter Season
The flavor of a 19th-century seafaring village is delectably preserved at Schaefer's Spouter Tavern, with noontime meals that include authentic soups, stews, sandwiches and desserts. The tavern is open during the warm weather months.
Named for the tavern in Melville's Moby-Dick, Schaefer's Spouter Tavern is a re-created exhibit, built by the Museum in 1956. However, the woodwork in its main room, including doors, windows, floor, wainscoting, bar, benches and fireplace, comes from the Central House Inne in Stoddard, New Hampshire, built in 1833. The hideaway bed in the corner was for a hired barman, who slept there to admit late travelers, and also to keep an eye on the supplies.