Shake off that cabin fever and celebrate the great outdoors in New England with 3 days of frosty fun at Mystic Seaport Museum! Bundle up to meet reindeer and winter working dogs! Check out ice sculpture demonstrations and family activities like "sock skating," games, crafts, and kid-friendly live music. Need to warm up? Enjoy a show in the Treworgy Planetarium, grab a hot cocoa from the cafe, or check out the latest blockbuster show before it closes: Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano. Warm up next to a fire, visitors of all ages will find so many ways to make memories at Mystic Seaport Museum during Wintertide.

Most activities included with general admission and free for Members. Tickets purchased online for Wintertide are valid for all three days of the event.

Schedule of Events

Talks

10:00 AM and 3:00 PM: The Corner Store Of Greenmanville at Stone's Store

10:15 AM: Roanin - The Modern Legacy Of The New England Fishing Fleet at Performance Stage

10:45 AM: Gerda Iii And The Rescue Of The Danish Jews at Performance Stage

11:30 AM: New England Whalers In The Arctic at Charles W. Morgan

2:00 PM: Justin Fornal Discusses His Great Arctic Swim (Longest Continuous Swim In The Arctic) at (Saturday only) Stillman Building
Take elevator to 3rd floor

3:20 PM: Tales Of The Mystic Ice Trade at Thomas Greenman House

Shop & Dine

10:00 AM-5:00 PM: Museum Store at (South End)
10:00 AM-4:00 PM: Propeller Café
11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Schaefer's Spouter Tavern

10 AM-4 PM
Children's Sock Skating Rink at Masin Room, Thompson Building
Winter Games For Kids at Outside the Children's Museum
Visiting Fireboat: Fire Fighter at Next to the Charles W. Morgan
Make S'mores At The Firepit (weather permitting) Purchase S'mores Kits at Schaefer's Spouter Tavern 16 and Firepit At Chubb's Wharf

Activities

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Ice Sculpture Demonstration at Chubb's Wharf

11:00 AM-3:00 PM: Meet Winter Working Dogs at Gallery Quad

Craft at Home Port, P.R. Mallory Building

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Meet The Reindeer in front of Performance Stage

1:00 PM: Story Time at Children's Museum

1:00-3:00 PM: Live Music For Kids at Meeting House

Watercraft Hall Open House at Across the street from North Entrance, Follow signs

1:45 PM: Walking Tour: History Of Greenmanville (weather permitting) at Thomas Greenman House

2:00 PM: Cooking Demonstration With Silvermoon Larose (Narragansett/Niantic) (Sunday only) at Buckingham-Hall House

2:00-4:00 PM: Arctic Artspace at Behind the Meeting House 3 Follow signs

3:30 PM: See Justin Fornal Swim From The Museum To Downtown Mystic (Saturday only) at Behind the Thompson Building

Planetarium

11:00 AM and 2:00 PM: Aurora Borealis - The Northern Lights at Treworgy Planetarium
Limited capacity; first come, first served
Cost: Members $5, Non-members $8, ages 5 and under free

12:00 PM and 3:00 PM: Polar Night, Arctic Light at Treworgy Planetarium
Cost: Members $5, Non-members $8, ages 5 and under free
Limited capacity; first come, first served

Date: February 18 - 20, 2023

Location:
Mystic Seaport Museum,
75 Greenmanville Avenue,
Mystic, CT 06355.

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