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South Street Seaport Museum Library and Art Collection
A reference library of 20,000 volumes plus prints, photographs, and manuscripts pertaining to the history Port of New York City is on site with nearly 10,000 pieces of art and seafaring artifacts. To use the collections for study, please write to the Curator of Collections, South Street Seaport Museum, 207 Front St., New York, NY 10038. Read the rest of this entry »

The Lettie G. Howard
Built in Massachusetts in 1893, the Lettie G. Howard is a fishing schooner once widely used along the Atlantic seaboard. The Lettie G. Howard was sold to the South Street Seaport Museum in 1968 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1988. The Lettie G. Howard has Museum Ship Pioneer Sailing by Twin Towersbeen restored her to her original 1893 appearance, and fitted her out to accommodate trainees on educational cruises. The U.S. Coast Guard has certified the Lettie G. Howard as a Sailing School Vessel.

Wavertree
Wavertree was built at Southhampton, England in 1885, one of the last large sailing ships built out of wrought iron. Today, she is the largest afloat. Wavertree is a four-masted monster that’s 377-feet long with nearly 45,000 square feet of sail. The tallest mast rose 17 stories above her decks. Read the rest of this entry »

Peking
The four-masted barque Peking was launched in Hamburg, Germany in 1911 to make round trip sailing voyages to South America around Cape Horn, Africa. Peking served as a training vessel in England for 40 years before the South Street Museum purchased her in 1975. A 12-year restoration project has brought back Peking’s full setFireworks at the South Street Seaport Museum of wire rigging. Read the rest of this entry »

Pioneer
Pioneer was originally built 1885 to carry sand but was re-rigged as a schooner. Schooners were the delivery trucks of their era, carrying cargo from city to city. Pioneer was the first of only two cargo sloops with iron hulls manufactured in the United States. Pioneer is still the only iron-hulled American merchant sailing vessel still in existence, and the South Street Seaport has it. The Pioneer sails every day at 10 a.m. Call 212-748-8590 for reservations.

Ambrose Lightship
The Ambrose lightship was built in 1908 to guide ships safely in from the Atlantic Ocean into the broad mouth of lower New York Bay between Coney Island, New York and Sandy Hook, New Jersey. The water was too deep to construct a normal lighthouse so a light ship was put in its place. The Ambrose lightship served New York Bay until 1933 when it was moved to another location. In 1963, the U.S. Coast Guard donated the Ambrose lightship to the South Street Museum to put on public display.

Hours of Operation and Location
The South Street Seaport Museum is located at 207 Front St., New York. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. On Thursdays, the museum is open until 8 p.m. Admission to the shops, ships and tours at the museum is: adults, $5; seniors, $4; students, $3; children under the age of 13, $3.

For more information, call 212-748-8600.

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Art Deco Treasures
One of the main reasons to visit Rockefeller Center is the building itself. Rockefeller Center has a huge amount of art deco sculptures, paintings and gardens to walk through during the summer months. Completed in 1940, Rockefeller Center was supposed to be the new home of the Metropolitan Opera. The Opera pulled out of the deal and developer John D. Rockefeller reworked Ice Skating at Rockefeller Center in New York Citythe plan to open the site as “Radio City”, standing 850 tall.

NBC, Simon & Schuster and the Associated Press
Rockefeller Center is the home of NBC Studios, Radio City Music Hall, book publishing giant Simon & Schuster, the Associated Press and the British Empire Building. Rockefeller Center is a great place to start exploring New York City. It is near the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building, two of the most famous and distinctive skyscrapers ever built.