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- EIN 23-1584971
- (215) 413-8655
- 211 S Columbus Blvd Philadelphia PA 19106-3101 USA
- www.phillyseaport.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Children's Museums, History Museums, Marine Science & Oceanography, Museums, Technology
Mission: Independence seaport museum deepens the appreciation, understanding and experience of the philadelphia region's waterways. We use exhibitions and programs to connect our community and visitors to our rivers and watershed through history, science, and art. The museum is the premier, year-round, family-friendly destination on the penn's landing waterfront. Visitors can discover the history of the us navy as they climb aboard life-sized model schooner diligence and national historic landmark ships cruiser olympia and submarine becuna. Enjoy the delaware river with seasonal boat rentals. Experience live demonstrations in the boat building workshop and citizen science lab. Explore one of the largest maritime art and artifact collections in north america, documenting local and regional history, including the port of philadelphia. The seaport museum was founded in 1960 as the philadelphia maritime museum and has become a key component ofphiladelphia's water front renaissance.
Programs: The museum's three largest program service areas by expenses were the historic ships, cruiser olympia and submarine becuna; curatorial, including the galleries, collection and archival materials; and educational programming. Significant achievements included the preservation of over 41 linear feet of the hull at critical waterline areas and continued restoration of the decks on olympia; ongoing construction in our galleries of a full-scale, waterline model of the 1790s schooner diligence; successful openings of the exhibits, "hello sailor:the sailor icon in pop culture;" "patriots & pirates: the founding story of the us navy; and boats built and launched by students in our steam education programs science and art innovative learning on the river (sailor), and seaperch and mate. Well-attended public programs included lunar new year and parade of lights. The museum is accredited by the american association of museums. Over 107,000 people visited the museum in 2016, including 14,000 students who took part in our educational programs. In addition, the museum partnered with the city of philadelphia and other local nonprofits to welcome the democratic national convention to visit penn's landing and the delaware river in july. The museum provided nearly 44,000 people with safe and fun on-water experiences through the paddle penn's landing boat livery, which ran from memorial day through labor day.