🎵 Experience the Joy of Sea Chanteys!

April marks your final opportunity to partake in the beloved Chantey Sing of the South Street Seaport Museum in a hybrid format! 🌊🎤 After this, we'll be back to our in-person sessions aboard the historic 1885 tall ship Wavertree from May through November.

📅 Event Details

Date: Sunday, April 5, 2026
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Location: Both at 12 Fulton Street (in person) and online via Zoom.

✨ Join fellow music enthusiasts and keep the spirit of centuries of seafaring music alive! Each session breathes life into the Museum's Schermerhorn Row galleries with the sounds of traditional maritime songs and ballads.

🎟️ Ticket Information

• In-Person Registration:
  Pre-registration is encouraged! Walk-up participants will be accommodated as possible. If you wish to lead a song, please inform us of your selected song title when you register.
• Zoom Registration:
  Advance registration is required for online attendees. Due to limited capacity, only a few selected participants will be able to lead a song during the event. If you want to lead a song via Zoom, kindly provide the song title during your registration. You can register for the Zoom event until it starts, but the option to lead a song on Zoom closes one week prior.

🔗 Reserve Your Free Tickets

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🗺️ Explore More!

While your ticket to the event does not include admission to the historic ships and exhibitions, you can ask our Museum staff about General Admission tickets upon check-in. General Admission is available Friday through Sunday from 11:00 - 17:00, allowing you to explore:

• The 1885 tall ship Wavertree and 1908 lightship Ambrose at Pier 16
• Current exhibitions on view in the first-floor Schermerhorn Row galleries
• The immersive, three-floor exhibition, Maritime City, located at A.A. Thomson & Co., 213 Water Street.

For more details on General Admission, visit our website: General Admission

🎶 What is a Chantey Sing?

Old-time sailors, isolated on long voyages, kept their spirits high by singing together. 🎶 They created a repertoire of work songs, fun songs, and storytelling songs that fostered community and connection. At the South Street Seaport Museum, we continue this cherished tradition, blending old chanteys with modern lyrics. As our Senior Director of Program and Education, Laura Norwitz, eloquently puts it, “Sailing ships were a melting pot of cultures, and the songs helped sailors unite as one.”

🌆 About the South Street Seaport Museum

Located in the historic seaport district of New York City, the South Street Seaport Museum has been preserving and interpreting the history of New York as a great port city since 1967. 🗽 With its extensive collection of artifacts and art, maritime library, exhibition galleries, and an active fleet of historic vessels, the museum tells the story of “Where New York Begins.”

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🎉 Join us and be part of a vibrant community sharing the joy of maritime music!