South Street Seaport Museum

Opened in 1967, this museum dispersed amid the cobblestone streets of the South Street Seaport District consists of fascinating exhibitions relating to the city's maritime history, an 18th-century printing press and Bowne & Co Stationers, and a handful of mighty sailing ships to explore on Pier 16. Besides touring the moored 1885 Wavertree and the 1907 lightship Ambrose, in warmer months you can take a harbor cruise on the 1885 Pioneer and the 1930 wooden tugboat WO Decker.