Tea Party

At the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, you can be a part of the famous event that forever changed the course of American history. 

On December 16, 1773, a group of American colonists, frustrated by British taxation without representation, proceeded to dump 342 chests of British tea into the harbor, protesting the Tea Act of 1773, which granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. The protest, known as the Boston Tea Party, set into motion the events leading to the Revolutionary War.

The museum, located at the Boston waterfront at Griffin Wharf, will let you experience the events first-hand and includes live actors, interactive exhibits, and full-scale replica 18th-century sailing vessels! Go on board and explore how colonial-era sailors lived. Participate in dumping tea chests into the harbor. A full tour takes about 1 1/2 hours.

Both the retail shop and Abigail’s Tea Room are fully accessible. The ships tours have limite accessibility below decks and on steep dock ramps when the tide is low. 

 

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Restaurants near the Tea Party Ships

Citrus & Salt Contemporary Mexican Seaport$$Awesome Check Restaurant
Union Oyster House Seafood Faneuil Hall$$Awesome Check Restaurant
Legal Sea Foods - Harborside Seafood Seaport$$Awesome Check Restaurant
Serafina Seaport Italian Seaport$$Exceptional Check Restaurant
Moxies - Boston Seaport American Seaport$$Awesome Check Restaurant
Pink Taco - Boston Mexican Seaport$$Excellent Check Restaurant
State Street Provisions American Financial District$$Exceptional Check Restaurant
Hook + Line Seafood Seaport$$Awesome Check Restaurant
Tiki Rock Comfort Food Financial District$$Awesome Check Restaurant
Rosa Mexicano - Boston Mexican Seaport$$Awesome Check Restaurant
STREGA Italiano – Seaport Italian Seaport$$Exceptional Check Restaurant
Silver Dove Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea Faneuil Hall$$$Exceptional Check Restaurant
Legal Sea Foods - Long Wharf Seafood Faneuil Hall$$$Awesome Check Restaurant
Limani Grille - Seaport Mediterranean Seaport$$$Exceptional Check Restaurant
Tuscan Kitchen - Seaport Unspecified Seaport$$$Awesome Check Restaurant
Rowes Wharf Sea Grille Seafood Financial District$$$Exceptional Check Restaurant
The Nautilus Pier 4 Pan-Asian Seaport$$$$Exceptional Check Restaurant
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse - Boston Steakhouse Seaport$$$$Exceptional Check Restaurant

 

Hotels near the Tea Party Ships

Omni Boston Hotel at the SeaportWaterfront, Boston$$$8.7* Check Restaurant
Cambria Hotels Boston Downtown - SeaportSouth Boston, Boston$$$8.1* Check Restaurant
Hyatt Place Boston/Seaport DistrictWaterfront, Boston$$$8.8* Check Restaurant
Aloft Boston Seaport DistrictSeaport, Boston$$$8.2* Check Restaurant
Hampton Inn Boston Seaport DistrictWaterfront, Boston$$$8.6* Check Restaurant
Homewood Suites by Hilton Boston Seaport DistrictWaterfront, Boston$$$8.4* Check Restaurant
The Westin Boston Seaport DistrictWaterfront, Boston$$$8.3* Check Restaurant
Seaport Hotel® BostonWaterfront, Boston$$$$8.9* Check Restaurant
Element Boston Seaport DistrictSeaport, Boston$$$$8.6* Check Restaurant
Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Downtown SeaportWaterfront, Boston$$$$9.0* Check Restaurant