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Wintertide at Mystic Seaport

Sat Feb 15, 2025 - Mon Feb 17, 2025
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Repeating every week — Sundays, Mondays, and Saturdays through February 17, 2025.
10:00am ET
Age: All Ages
Price: $25 Adult, $18 youth, Members free
Location:
Mystic Seaport
Wintertide at the Museum offers countless ways for visitors of all ages to create lasting memories. Most activities are included with general admission and this event is free for Museum Members. Tickets purchased online for Wintertide are valid for all three days of the event.
- Meet Animals: Get up close with winter working dogs (Saturday and Sunday), horses (Monday), and reindeer (all three days).
- Ice Sculpture Demonstrations: Watch Art in Ice create lawn games from ice and then play them!
- Activities the Entire Family Will Enjoy: Partake in games and crafts; kids can enjoy a snowman bounce house, kid-friendly live improv theater, and a model train show.
- Educational Talks: Learn about the history of the toggle iron harpoon, Indigenous whalers, Arctic whalers, and tales of the Mystic ice trade.
- Black History Month Art Activity: Create a small clay canoe and paint meaningful symbols on it.
- Visit the dugout canoe on display in Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea for inspiration. Planetarium Shows: Experience a show in the Treworgy Planetarium.
- Cozy Up: Warm up with hot cocoa or relax by a crackling fire.
- Sensory-Friendly Hour: On Monday from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. people on the Autism spectrum or with sensory-processing challenges and their families/caregivers are invited to enjoy the quiet Museum, see horses, play lawn games, make crafts, and listen to a story.
Pre-registration is required. Propeller Café and Schaefer’s Spouter Tavern will be serving up a variety of food and beverage options to complement the frosty theme, including hot cocoa and s’mores kits.
** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.