Deals for New Yorker: History-Museum Visit with “Ambrose” Lightship Tour for Two or Four at South Street Seaport Museum (Up to 60% Off)

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History-Museum Visit with "Ambrose" Lightship Tour for Two or Four at South Street Seaport Museum (Up to 60% Off) Aug 1st 2012, 04:01 Museums instill wonder in children who have become bored with their own closets full of skeletons. Discover a body of knowledge with this . Choose Between Two Options $9 for general admission for two to the South Street Seaport Museum, including admission to the lightship Ambrose (up to a $20 value) $16 for the above outing for four (up to a $40 value) Admission is free for museum members and children younger than 9 years old. Visitors to the South Street Seaport Museum's newly opened three-story exhibition galleries can expect a century-spanning look at New York's waterways, industry, and cultural development from precolonial times to the present day. Current exhibits include Mannahatta: Manhattan in 1609—which recreates the island as it was before Henry Hudson sailed up the river that intriguingly bore his name—and Made in New York, which profiles six contemporary fashion and furniture designers in workshops around the city. General admission to the museum includes an onboard tour of the lightship Ambrose, a living relic that guided ships through the bay's treacherous sand bars and shoals from 1908 to 1932. In 1921 the craft was the first lightship equipped with a radio beacon, letting sailors more easily navigate the channel and catch the Morning Zoo on their ride to work. Ambrose was given to the museum by the US Coast Guard in 1968, and today she boasts a shiny new hull and authentically refurbished radio shack. Many of the museum's regularly scheduled readings and tours are also free with admission, including guided journeys through Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions every Wednesday at 1 p.m. South Street Seaport Museum New York City has her bustling waterways to thank for a rich history of art, industry, and cultural development—perhaps more than any other factor. The sea carried in a stream of tens of millions of immigrants and fueled the industrial age in one of the country's most accessible portals to the world. South Street Seaport Museum's massive gallery space in Schermerhorn Row Block pays tribute to a bygone age while bridging it to the city's modern aquatic-shipping and transport industry. Some exhibits illuminate the past, such as the pseudo-marketplace at Coffee, Fish, and the Tattooed Man and the immaculately preserved hotel at Remains of the Stay, while others highlight modern issues such as the Occupy Wall Street movement. Weighted with history, the museum's fleet of tugboats, schooners, and sloops stays stalwartly afloat, each with its own story to tell; built in 1885, the Wavertree was one of the last wrought-iron sailing ships commissioned, and the Pioneer has spent more than 120 years feeding the economy with boatloads of lumber, stone, brick, oyster shells, and tourists. Says The Guide to: Cute vs. Creepy Why do so many children scratch the eyes out of family photographs? Find Today's Daily Deal on the Best in New York! Language : English Picture : Yes Source : Join with Us

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