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Mystic Seaport Tall Ships Whaling And Preservation
day at Mystic Seaport in THE JEWELS AT THE DOCK
Connecticut is a link to
the glorious seafaring past Tall ships still fascinate people
of New England. The Museum of and Mystic Seaport has an amazing
America and the Sea is an collection in the museum dock
entertaining journey through 19th area. I’m drawn like a magnet to
century nautical life as you these magnificent vessels, and
visit the three main exhibits at the most popular to tour is the
Mystic Seaport: the historic Charles W. Morgan - a wonderful
ships, the authentic seaport example of a wooden whaling ship.
village and exhibits, and the It made 37 whaling trips from its
preservation shipyard. launch in 1841 and before
retiring in 1921. Other exquisite
The coastline in this part of New Tall Ships in the Mystic museum
England was once home to huge collection are the Joseph Conrad
whaling fleets and many where and L.A.Dunton.
built along these shores. The
area of Mystic had its share of Additional ships beautifully
shipbuilding yards and the restored with a rich legacy
recreation of the seaport village include the Sabino and Emma C.
is an authentic and accurate Berry. The Emma C. first launched
depiction of life in a New in 1866, and since then has
England seafaring town. undergone many changes as a
fishing vessel and a coastal
Open year-round Mystic Seaport is freighter. Allocate plenty of
on the Mystic River a short hop time to tour all the ships as
from the historic downtown area. they remain the centerpiece of
Here’s what you’ll see and how to the Mystic Seaport Museum. And
get the best out of your trip... when you’re finally ready for a
rest take a 30 or 90 minute
cruise on the Sabino steamboat as Voyages celebrates the legacy of
she travels up and down the America and the sea, and how it
Mystic River. continues to impact our lives in
many subtle ways. And across the
THE AUTHENTIC VILLAGE AND street is the Figurehead exhibit,
EXHIBITS... and a wonderful collection of
ship carvings. Unfortunately,
A short walk from the ships is these carvings are a bittersweet
the village exhibits and display. The desire for these on
galleries. Painstakingly ships has dwindled and it’s now
recreated and authentic, the become an endangered art form.
village consists of many
buildings moved from other THE PRESERVATION SHIPYARD...
locations in New England and the
Northeast. Stroll around the In the Henry B. duPont
nautical shops and discover rope Preservation Shipyard many of the
making, rigging, cooperage, and old mastercraft shipbuilding
the sail loft. skills are still practiced to
keep the museum ships in tip top
There are over 40 delightful shape. Unfortunately many of
exhibits for you to enjoy, but these skills are being lost as
two must-see displays are the the economics of our time reduce
Mystic River Scale Model, and the the need for them. Wooden ships
Shipsmith shop. Further down from are a thing of the past, and so
the village check out the the wonderful carpentry and
galleries and make sure you spend shipwright skills have dwindled
time inside both the Voyages and throughout the world.
Figurehead exhibits.
But in this corner of the world
The three-floor exhibit of they are practiced and preserved.
Mystic Seaport celebrates the
historic seafaring past of New
In the yard you’ll see a rigging England. Its one of my favorite
loft, a paint shop, carpenters three living museums in New
and metalworking shops, a lumber England. The other two are Old
shed, and an old-fashioned Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge,
sawmill. The documentation shop Central Massachusetts, and
contains vital records used by Plimoth Plantation and Mayflower
the museum’s craftsmen to at Plymouth, Eastern
maintain accuracy as they work on Massachusetts. All three for
preserving the ships. At the different reasons are marvelous
nearby shipbuilding display experiences of New England’s
you’ll not only see the keel of contribution to American history.
the whale ship Thames, but take To discover more about each visit
in a revealing exhibit of the my web site at
many stages of building a ship. www.new-england-vacations-guide.c
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About the Author:
For more details on these and other attractions on Connecticut vacations and to pick up your free vacation reports go to Cliff Calderwood's New England Vacation site at: http://www.new-england-vacations-guide.com/
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