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Mystic Seaport to offer free kids’ admission during February school vacation
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Feb 8, 2010 - 2:58 PM

Mystic Seaport is offering free youth admission with the purchase of one adult admission during the Museum’s Liberty Days program held February 13-14 and 18-21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The winter promotion offers a savings of $15 per child (ages 6 - 17).

Visitors are invited to take part in the following special Liberty Days activities:

· Make a winter craft (all day)

· Build a wooden toy boat keepsake (all day, fee: $5)

· Participate in hands-on story time (11 a.m. - 12 p.m.)

· Make a paper dory (11 a.m. to 12 p.m.)

· Take an African American maritime history tour (1 - 2 p.m.)

· Learn about sailors’ superstitions and tattoos (1 - 2 p.m.)

· Listen to an “African Roots in Maritime Music” program (1:45 p.m.)

· Explore a sailor’s sea chest (2:30 – 3:30 p.m.)

Two free planetarium programs will also be shown daily: “Zoo in the Sky,” a 10:30 a.m. show that uses stories of the animals of the night sky to journey among the stars and “Winter Stars of a Voyage to Freedom,” a 2 p.m. show that details the sky that led the freedom schooner Amistad’s crew to freedom.

Additionally, visitors can explore the Museum’s 19th-century seafaring village; climb aboard the world’s last surviving wooden whaleship, the Charles W. Morgan; and discover the history of the nation’s waterways in Building America’s Canals, a hands-on traveling exhibit organized by the National Canal Museum.

For more information, visit www.mysticseaport.org/libertydays.

“Kids’ Free Admission” offer at Mystic Seaport is not transferable and subject to change without notice. No other discounts apply.

Mystic Seaport is the nation’s leading maritime museum. Founded in 1929, the Museum is home to four National Historic Landmark vessels, exhilarating exhibits, a re-created 19th-century seafaring village and a fine art gallery. The Museum is open Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $24 for adults and $15 for children ages 6-17. Children 5 and under are always admitted for free. For more information, visit www.mysticseaport.org.

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