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Penn's Landing, Philadelphia PA
Open Daily 10am-5pm (215)413-8655
Events & Exhibits
Events Calendar
Independence Seaport Museum offers an entertaining schedule of events – check it out! For more information, please call 215.413.8655.
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Black History Month
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Independence Seaport Museum and the African American Museum have partnered up to bring both of our visitors special programming that celebrates Black History Month and Afircan American mariners.
January 28, 2012
11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Independence Seaport Museum holds a joint Seafarin’ Saturday from noon - 4:30 pm at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. The hands-on activities will include signal flag making, mini-boat building, ship caulking, and knot tying. Participate in a scavenger hunt and a lesson on African-American mariners.
African American Museum is located at 701 Arch St. in Philadelphia.
February 1 – 29, 2012
Independence Seaport Museum in partnership with the African American Museum in Philadelphia will have a display about James Forten at both Museums. James Forten was an African-American businessman and abolitionist who owned and operated his own sailmaking company in Philadelphia after the Revolutionary War.
Independence Seaport Museum & African American Museum in Philadelphia
February 18, 2012
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Independence Seaport Museum hosts Seafarin' Saturdays on the third Saturday of every month, featuring a hands-on activity or craft and a fun but informative "mini lesson" in a different Museum gallery every month. In honor of Black History Month, February's “mini lesson” will focus on African-American sailmaker James Forten, and the activity will be making maritime signal flags. The traditional skill and art of sailmaking will be demonstrated on a historical reproduction of an actual sailmaker’s bench, built by the Museum’s boat shop.
Past to Present: Tattoo Paintings
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Past to Present – Tattoo Paintings
Public Opening: Friday, February 10, 2012
Through May 20, 2012
Community Gallery
Past to Present – Tattoo Paintings frames the contemporary tattoo flash art movement in its traditional context. The exhibit features flash art (“flash” is the trade name for individual tattoo designs) by a number of recognized contemporary tattooists. Past to Present- Tattoo Paintings has been organized and timed to accompany this year’s Philadelphia Tattoo Convention, February 10-12, 2012 at the Philadelphia Convention Center. The exhibit is curated by Troy Timpel, a Philadelphia-based tattoo artist, creator of clothing line Tattooed Kingpin and organizer of the wildly successful Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention.
Get Inked Aboard a Historic Warship
Don’t miss the opportunity to get in touch with the American sailor tradition of being tattooed on a real, historic naval vessel. Get tattooed at the Mighty Warship Olympia Tattoo Festival II, June 1-3, 2012.
Seaport Summer Camp
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Spend your summer with the Seaport Museum!
Independence Seaport Museum is now offering a week-long summer camp program during July and August
All weeks will feature exciting waterfront activities including boat rides ont he Delaware River, rowing in the basin in boats built at our own Workshop on the Water, and tours our our historic ships, cruiser Olympia and submarine, Becuna.
Each week features a different, fun-filled theme:
July 9-13: Titanic Week
July 16-20: Pirate Week
July 23-27: Time Travel Week
July 30 - August 3: Explorers Week
August 6 -10: First Responders Week
August 13-17: Military Week
Museum Members: $175 per week, Non-Members $200 per week if booked by May 1st. Rates increase $25 after May 1.
Call 215-413-8630 for more information and to reserve space.
Save the Date: Stars on the River Gala, A Night To Remember is Saturday April 14th
Event Date: 2012-04-14
Save the Date!
The 2012 Stars on the River Gala will be Saturday, April 14. This year's theme, A Night To Remember, will compliment the Museum's exhibit, Titanic Philadelphians, which opens to the public on Friday, April 13.
More details to come soon...
Celestial Navigation Class
Event Date: 2012-03-10
Introduction to Celestial Navigation Class
Saturday March 10, 17 and 24, 2012
Introduction to Celestial Navigation is designed as a practical, how-to course using GPS for offshore navigation with sun sight taking, using a sextant, as a backup technique. Subject matter includes: basic concepts of celestial navigation; how to use the mariner’s sextant to take sights of the sun; the importance and techniques of accurate time determination; use of the Nautical Almanac; how to reduce sights to establish lines of position (LOPs); and the use of GPS, special charts, plotting sheets and other navigational data for offshore positioning and passage planning. This course is offered in partnership with Kingsway Power Squadron, a unit of the United States Power Squadrons, the premier nautical education organization in
Classes run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with an hour lunch break
Pricing: Seaport Members: $180
Non-Members: $225 (includes one year membership)
Squadron Members: $210
Seaport & Squadron Members: $150
Reservations: call 215.413.8630 or email groupsales@phillyseaport.org
Boat Building 101 Classes
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