Seaport Museum: Exhibitions

12 Fulton St

Open Wednesday-Sunday, 11am–5pm
Pay What You Wish General Admission

A bustling port. A growing city. See how New York’s natural harbor and the development of the Seaport helped NYC become the nation’s leading city. Two exhibitions at the South Street Seaport Museum take you inside the fascinating history.

South Street and the Rise of New York

Visit the South Street Seaport Museum’s introduction gallery space at 12 Fulton Street to experience the exhibition that explores the critical role played by the Seaport and South Street in securing New York’s place as America’s largest city and its rise to become the world’s busiest port by the start of the 20th century.

“RMS Olympic passing the Ambrose Channel lightship” ca. 1920. Gift of Michael R. Harrison, South Street Seaport Museum

Millions: Migrants and Millionaires aboard the Great Liners, 1900–1914

Migrants and Millionaires aboard the Great Liners, 1900–1914, can we please replace the copy with: Through artifacts from the South Street Seaport Museum’s permanent collection—including ocean liner memorabilia, ceramics and luggage trunks—the exhibition examines the divide between First Class and Third Class passengers who traveled on early 20th-century ocean liners.

“Ladies Parlor on SS Moltke” June 3, 1907 (postmark date)
Published by Mühlmeister & Juhler, Hamburg
Gift of Wendell Lorang, South Street Seaport Museum

In addition to these exhibitions, South Street Seaport Museum offers tours of the 1885 tall ship Wavertree and the 1908 lightship Ambrose Wednesday through Sunday.

Gallery wall and Ambrose model photo credit: Richard Bowditch