Mystic Seaport Museum

It’s a great place to learn lots of history. Well preserved museum town. Initially I thought I wasted spending for this place. But as I enter each museum rooms, it was very interesting. Great way to learn about the past of a port town. Lovely demonstration by the volunteers in each stall. Worth the visit. Needs at least 4 hrs to cover. Easily you can spend whole day.

There's so much to see here! Dress for the cold if you need to, because there's a lot to explore outside. You can easily spend many hours, or even a couple of days here, so give yourself some time to visit properly. The staff seem happy and are clearly enthusiastic about the museum and whatever area they specialize in. Exhibits include salvage and restoration projects, living history demonstrations, art and science, etc. There is some food services available inside, but I didn't stop at any. Holiday decor is classy and gave me ideas for my own historic home.

We enjoyed spending several hours walking through the grounds and the shipyard. The Charles W Morgan was a wonderful wooden whaler ship. It was great that they let you walk up and go inside the LA Dutton that they are refurbishing. There is a lot of history in this area. We loved it!

Great working shipyard. The tour is a must. Very interesting and informative. So much history in this outdoor museum. Beautiful old ships and interesting seeing ships being restored.

This is an amazing museum to experience first hand the great New England shipbuilding traditions in its authentic and historic context. Highly recommended!

100% worth the trip!

When going to the museum, I wasn’t sure what to expect.
This museum is sprawled out on about 19 acres and over 20 something or 30 I don’t know buildings. It is massive!

A very cool experience, and great for the whole family!
Staff was amazing

The Seaport is awesome! We have been coming here since we were kids in the early 60's. There is always so much to see and do. It is a wonderful experience.

This was a fantastic experience! They have plenty of things to see abd you can interact with. The museum includes ships that you can explore and a historical village. This an experience for adults and children alike and very educational in a fun way. It was worth every penny.

A really great museum/village. There is something for everyone. You can buy a day ticket and go a second time in the next week. There is so much to see you need that second day.
Bring a refillable water bottle and a sun hat.

This was amazing! The historic boats get much of the attention, but the seaside village and exhibit houses were just as fascinating. Plenty to see for all ages!

What a wonderful museum. Stopped here by chance when driving by and couldn’t be happier. The town is amazingly cute and the museum is easily the best I’ve ever seen. Just down the road a bit from mystic seaport and the whaling ships this place is a must see. Clean and expansive with incredible artwork and artifacts. It includes four full whale skeletons (including sadly a baby) and a plethora of whaling artifacts. The piece de resistance for this museum the scrimshaw room. I’m a fan and fairly knowledgeable and have seen what I suspected was the largest collection in the world this is even bigger. It has to be the largest single collection in the world. Just the accessories made of whale bone were extensive but there was an endless number of incredible scrimshaw teeth by all of the best known artists of the whaling period. You will never see such a collection anywhere else in the world and at the value these fetch there will never be a bigger collection built. If you are in cape cod area and have an interest in healing bring your family here. Even at a fast pace this place has hours of enjoyment for everyone.

Wonderful place. Lots to see and walk around. Worth the price of admission. Seeing the old ships and buildings was like walking back in time.

This is a great museum with lot of great exhibits. There are many activities for the kids too. Making a boat was the best! You can spend a whole day here. Just amazing!!

I recommend buying tickets online to avoid any waiting. Also, combining Mystic Aquarium with Mystic Seaport museum and village is cheaper than buying tickets separately.

It's a very interesting place, where you could easily spend at least 3 hours. There is a LOT to see - you can visit any house in the village and see how they lived and worked, talk to the people who demonstrate different types of work that was done in the village (making huge ropes, boats, medicines, watches and clocks, etc). I liked the whaling museum! I loved how they told us about printing!
The lighthouse inside had a movie, telling a story of lighthouses in America.
And much much more...
Definitely recommend to visit! Great place for families with kids!

So much to see and enjoy here! I took my 7 and 4 year old children and it was so much fun to explore the ships, the old blacksmith, and the lighthouse. You really feel like you're stepping back in time.

This outdoor and indoor museum is huge! Definitely need at least 2 days to see it all. We visited in Sept and it was not crowded. A lot of fun for young and old, we got to participate in some sailing lessons and that was so much fun for my kids.

We absolutely loved everything about this wonderful museum within museum. So many fascinating little sea cottages, each telling their own story. A few little nosh places, opportunities for boat rides on the Bay, a make your own wooden boat bungalow, so much to learn and see! Make sure to give it all day! And you can come back within the next 7 days with your receipt!!!

We had a wonderful experience at the museum! Quite a lot to see and do! We enjoyed the Charles W Morgan boat, the blacksmith shop (the gentleman in there was awesome. Very informative!), the cord building, and the boat tour. All the staff we interacted with was very friendly and knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend this for families. We saw people of all ages enjoying the exhibits.

Such a great place, lots of really interesting buildings full of lots of things from the past to learn how people used to live that is suitable for all ages and levels of interest. There are also lots of boats you can walk on and go down into the holds and see how the sailors lived and worked.

I couldn’t rave enough about this museum. It’s magnificent. It’s so amazing to go back in time. The staff is so friendly and knowledgeable. I would recommend to do a little research ahead of time to determine the times and locations of their presentations. We walked into 2 of them and missed the making of donuts (daring it! Lol)