Boston Tea Party - Ships and Museum

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Overview

About Boston Tea Party - Ships and Museum

The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum provides a multi-sensory experience where visitors can re-enact the event that started a revolution with live actors, historical interpreters, and replica sailing vessels. Located on Griffin’s Wharf, the museum features interactive exhibits, the only known surviving tea chest from the Boston Tea Party, and an award winning multi-sensory film.

Made for

• Costumed interpreters guide visitors through the story of the night in 1773.
• Guests board one of two tea ships, the brig Beaver or ship Eleanor, with a Son of Liberty.
• The museum offers an interactive family-friendly experience for visitors of all ages, children included.
• School groups act in a reenactment of the town meeting held hours before the tea party.

The packages

Event experiences

• A tea tasting lets visitors drink the 5 teas tied to the Boston Tea Party.
• Visitors can browse gifts and collectibles and take home a keepsake.
• A Trolley Tracker Map shows vehicles in real time and expected stop arrivals.
• Sports Museum entry must be redeemed within 48 hours of taking the trolley tour.

How it works

1. 1

   The Meeting House

   Guests enter the meeting house and step back into rebellious 1773 Boston.

2. 2

   Tea Party Ships

   Guests join a Son of Liberty and experience life at sea on an 18th-century sailing vessel.

Good to know

• The ticketed museum experience covers sections 1-5 and cannot be toured separately.
• Guests need a ticket with timed entry to explore the museum.
• Each ticket covers a single tour only.
• Tours last one hour, with doors opening 15 minutes ahead.
• Check-in happens between 15 and 5 minutes before the tour time.
• Buying tickets ahead is recommended, particularly around peak travel seasons and school holidays.
• Translation guide booklets are available by request in languages including Arabic, Hindi and Spanish.
• ASL interpreters can be provided when given 2 weeks of notice.
• Closed captioning is available on the interactive exhibits.
• Photos and videos are allowed in meeting rooms, on ships and open air decks, but not inside the museum.
• Strollers and carriages are not permitted on the tour or in the gift shop.
• Bags and luggage cannot be held or checked for security reasons.
• Standard carry-on size bags are allowed on tours if carried and attended throughout.
• The ship Eleanor offers ramp access to the top deck.
• The museum building has an elevator.
• The tour involves walking between areas with limited seating, and wheelchairs can be requested.
• The night tour is rated PG-13 and unsuitable for young children.
• Reservations are required, tickets are non-refundable, and rescheduling is allowed up to 24 hours ahead.
• The ghost tour runs most dark and stormy nights, includes some walking, and calls for comfortable shoes.
• Only assistance animals are allowed aboard the trolleys.
• A parking garage sits at 270 Atlantic Ave.
• Each museum tour holds at most 55 people.
• Group museum tours start every 15 minutes through the day.
• Groups should plan at least 1 hour and 30 minutes for the museum tour.