4/5 Rachel S. 2 years ago on Google • 419 reviews
While
the
South
Street
Seaport
Museum
is
very
small
inside
and
everything
can
be
read
in
30
minutes
(which
I
did,)
the
standout
of
the
museum
are
the
two
ships
that
you
can
take
guided
tours
on
for
free.
The
whole
museum
was
free
on
the
day
that
I
visited.
My
husband
and
I
went
on
2/19/2022
and
toured
both
the
Wavertree
and
the
Ambrose
Guide
Ships.
Both
ships
are
very
different
and
if
you
could
only
tour
one
ship,
go
with
the
Wavertree.
The
Ambrose
is
a
tour
of
a
guide
ship,
which
is
a
ship
that
acts
sort
of
like
a
lighthouse
to
guide
ship's
past
low
or
rocky
spots
and
into
NY
harbor.
Before
seeing
the
Statue
of
Liberty,
people
coming
to
the
US
would
have
first
seen
the
lights
of
the
Ambrose.
The
Wavertree
is
a
large
metal
cargo
ships
but
with
traditional
sails
as
that
we
associate
with
pirate
ships
and
Peter
Pan.
The
hull
is
overwhelmingly
large
once
you
get
in
and
many
people
were
saying
"wow!"
once
we
climbed
stairs
down
into
the
bottom
of
the
ship.
This
is
a
free
museum
but
it's
not
appropriate
for
small
children
as
it's
exclusively
reading
based
inside
and
the
ships
are
not
accessible
for
strollers
or
wheelchairs,
and
are
generally
not
safe
for
kids
who
run
around
and
climb
on
things.
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