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For Educators

Inside the Museum's 19th-century Print ShopWelcome to Mystic Seaport, The Museum of America and the Sea. Founded in 1929, our 19-acre Museum along the waterfront includes a recreated 19th-century seafaring village, tall ships and small boats, exhibit galleries, a renowned planetarium, and much more!

Mystic Seaport is an experiential education facility where students step back into history, explore science and math, and connect to literature and art as they learn more about the maritime world. We offer unparalleled hands-on opportunities for students to climb aboard historic vessels, interact with costumed roleplayers from 1876, learn about the stars in the sky, explore coastal life and trades, and even take a cruise aboard one of our National Historic Landmark vessels, the steamboat Sabino.

For more than 60 years, our Education Department has worked with educators and afterschool professionals to provide an educational experience specially tailored to the needs of their curriculum. The Museum’s educational programs emphasize authentic, hands-on, relevant learning in which students are active and collaborative participants in their education. More than 32,000 students participate in Mystic Seaport programs each year.