Join us for the Opening Reception at Mystic Seaport
| Mystic Seaport Museum is the nation’s leading maritime museum and has been voted one of the top 5 open-air museums in the country by USA Today. Founded in 1929 to gather and preserve the rapidly disappearing artifacts of America’s seafaring past, the Museum has grown to become a national center for research and education with the mission to “inspire an enduring connection to the American maritime experience.” The Museum’s grounds cover 19 acres on the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut, and include a recreated New England coastal village, a working shipyard, formal exhibit halls, and state-of-the-art artifact storage facilities. The Museum is home to more than 500 historic watercraft, including four National Historic Landmark vessels, most notably the 1841 whaleship CHARLES W. MORGAN. |
Date: Sunday, October 20, 2024 Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m
Address: Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic, CT (exit 90 off I-95 North or South)
Parking Directions: Park in north parking lot across from the North Entrance for the Thompson Exhibition Building. Parking is free.
Cross the street at the stoplight to enter the modern, wave-like Thompson Exhibition Building.
Location of Reception: Lobby of the Thompson Exhibition Building
While you're there, visit two open exhibits, a short walk across the courtyard from the Thompson Exhibition Building:
| Spineless: A Glass Menagerie of Blashka Marine Invertebrates | the Museum’s collection of Figureheads and Shipcarvings |
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** Reminder, if you're looking for dinner after the Opening Reception, you may wish to plan ahead and make a reservation. Visit our Hospitality pages for suggestions.
And remember, if you'd like to visit the Museum at any other time during your visit to Mystic, show your Conference badge for a $5 discount 10/20-10/23.
