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Independence Seaport Museum
Categories: Landmarks & Historical Buildings, Museums [Edit]
Neighborhood: Penn's Landing211 S Columbus Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 925-5439
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3 reviews for Independence Seaport Museum
If you have a tattoo or are thinking about getting a tattoo, you have to see the new Tattoo exhibit at the Seaport Museum. I went last week and our group had a guided tour by the curator, which was awesome. The way he told the story of the exhibit shows the life and death of the sailor and how the tattoo lives on forever. I truly think that if everyone I worked with saw that exhibit, I wouldn't have to hide mine anymore!
That's just the most recent exhibit... I went with family to see the museum a few times and if you're in to Philadelphia history, this is the museum to go to. Between the original art work, the stories and actual artifacts, the museum displays how Philadelphia used to prosper, centered between two rivers. Words can't describe how great the museum is for kids and adults.
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Ok, so its not your museum of art of natural history, but then again sometimes you need something different. Different can still be good. Me and my fiance went here last week to see the new Black Hands, Blue Seas exhibit which started June 6, 2008 and runs through March 22, 2009. We used the fun savers passes from phillyfunguide so admission for us was $5 each (its usually only $10), which included tickets to the museum's historic ships the cruiser Olympia and the submarin Becuna. Located at Penn's Landing, this place is perfect to catch a minute inside the cool and learn some history in between other Landing events and shopping on South St.
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The Seaport Museum consists of a regular museum, a ship, a submarine, and a working boat-building shop. Almost anyone will enjoy the sub, it is pretty freakin cool. You can touch what ever you want and imagine how claustrophobic to it must have been to live on this thing for months at a time (It also made me question the notion that straight men resort to homosexuality aboard subs; I think you'd want to maintain what little personal space you have). The ship is nice, but just have a quick walk through unless it really interests you. The museum is very quiet and dark. I found it fascinating because I am interested in things like the history of technology and industry, but I could see how others, especially kids, would find it dull. The boat-building shop is sort of along the lines of 'living history' in that the people are practicing a traditional craft for you to see, except that they don't dress up or pretend that they actually are from the past.
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