Located in the quaint village of Mystic, where Mystic River spills into Long Island Sound, Mystic Seaport is a unique maritime museum that tells the story of America's early maritime history and the times when Mystic was an important seaport. The museum was founded in 1929 on 19 acres on the Mystic River. It consists of a carefully recreated coastal 19th-century village, a shipyard that is still working, exhibit halls and artifact storage. What really excites the visitors are 500 historic ships of all kinds and sizes they can climb, explore and admire. The best known is the 1841 whale ship Charles W. Morgan, the oldest commercial ship in America. The Museum's Collections Research Center has over two million artifacts and the G.W. Blunt White Library contains 75,000 documents related to America's maritime history.

Address: 75 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic, CT 06355, Phone: 860-572-0711

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