In each room, there is a video presentation with narrated reenactments of what happened leading up to the American Revolution. Inside the museum (no photography allowed), the guide will escort you through three rooms with artifacts from 1773 (including a vial of tea). There are also opportunities for budding thespians to have a role in the town meeting.ģ. Samuel Adams will come in and give a full report of events occuring around the city. Make sure to practice your 18th century common phrases like “hauzzah” (“Hooray!” or “Yay!”) or “Fie!” (“Boo!”). You’ll receive a quick “training” session to prepare you and you fellow Sons and Daughters of Liberty to fight against the tea tax. You’ll be welcomed by a host character (who portrays a Bostonian involved in the destruction of the tea and protest of the tea tax), who provides feathers from the Mohawk Trail and alternate identity cards of actual community members. Photography is not allowed in the museum.įive Highlights of the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum Tour:ġ. Definitely go before you start the one hour tour. Restrooms are located next to Abigail’s Tea Room. The museum and boats are handicap accessible but strollers are not allowed. ![]() Wear sneakers you’ll be walking up and down gangways (metal bridges connecting the land and boats) and going up and down steep staircases. The Farnsworth Garage is less than two blocks and Stillings Garage is four blocks to the museum. If you park before 9am, or have your parking ticket validated by the museum gift shop, it’s $24 to park for the whole day. ![]() Park in either the Farnsworth or Stillings Parking Garages. Check the calendar and buy slightly discounted tickets online here. The museum and tours operate all year long, with a reduced tour schedule in the winter. During peak summer season, there are 29 tours (about every 15 minutes), with a total of over 1500 guests, provided every day. Located on the Congress Street Bridge in the heart of Boston, the tour reenacts the night of Decemwhen 5,000 “Sons and Daughters of Liberty” (or a maximum of 55 tourists) met at the South Meeting House to organize protests against the tea tax. ![]() (**toddlers might need to skip one small section of the museum see below) Children of all ages will enjoy the experience. The tour guides (all of whom impersonate actual historical figures) were upbeat, friendly, and welcoming to children. The tour and museum did not disappoint this is one of the most engaging, humorous tours I have experienced. The list of places to explore with my children is long (hello, Freedom Trail!), but on a recent trip, I thought we’d start with an experience I keep reading rave reviews of: The Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum. Even though I moved to Connecticut almost twenty years ago, I still consider myself a Bostonian and love exploring the city whenever I am in town visiting my parents.
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