Museum/Program/Site States: New York
During World War II, 563 destroyer escorts battled Nazi U-boats on the North Atlantic, protecting convoys of men and material. In the Pacific they stood in line to defend naval…
Located on the historic Rondout waterfront, the Hudson River Maritime Museum was established in 1980 to collect, preserve, research, exhibit, and interpret a collection of historical artifacts related to the…
The Hudson River Greenway Water Trail is a National Water Trail open to recreational paddlers of all experience levels. With more than 100 designated access sites, the Water Trail is…
Lilac is a retired Coast Guard cutter that carried supplies to lighthouses and maintained buoys on the Delaware River from 1933 to 1972. USCGC Lilac is America’s only surviving steam-powered…
The Waterfront Museum is located aboard a covered wooden railroad barge of 1914, moored at Garden Pier 45 at the mouth of the Erie Basin in Brooklyn, New York. The…
The WaterFront Center was founded 17 years ago with the mission of connecting people to the water through education and recreation. People from all walks of life are able to…
Tribeca Sailing offers an elegant sailing tour of NYC Harbor aboard a classic sailboat. Two-hour sails for up to six passengers, seven days a week, five times a day. …
SUNY Maritime College is the oldest state maritime academy in the country. Founded in 1874, it has played a vital role in educating and training merchant mariners for much of…
The South Street Seaport Museum, founded in 1967, engages visitors and students in the history of the Port of New York, a place where goods, labor, and cultures are exchanged…
The schooner Pioneer was built in 1885 in Marcus Hook, PA, as a sloop, to carry sand mined near the mouth of the Delaware Bay to an iron foundry in…
Fireboat John J. Harvey, launched in 1931, served New York City until she was retired from the FDNY in 1994. She was a historic first: the first fireboat powered by internal…
The Port of New York and New Jersey is the third busiest in the nation (after Los Angeles and Long Beach, California), yet most of its activities are hidden from…
The Noble Maritime Collection’s mission is to preserve and interpret the art, writings, and historic maritime artifacts of the distinguished marine artist John A. Noble (1913–83) and to continue his…
Bowne Printers and Bowne & Co. Stationers continue the age-old tradition of job (or small batch) printing. Using seven historic presses from South Street Seaport Museum’s working collection, their resident…
Lettie G. Howard is the sole surviving example of a Georges Bank fishing schooner. Built in Essex Massachusetts, she exemplifies the type of craft used widely from Maine to the…