Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum is an interactive floating museum and historical attraction on the Congress Street waterfront that features replica vessels, costumed interpreters, multimedia exhibits, and live reenactments of the December 16, 1773 events. Opened in its current interactive format in the early 21st century, the museum interprets the historical protest and displays artifacts and accounts related to the Boston Tea Party. The site is a creative interpretation of a key Revolutionary-era event intended for public education and engagement.