Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum

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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Tours of the Tea Party Ships

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Union Oyster House	Seafood	Faneuil Hall	$$	Awesome
Citrus & Salt	Contemporary Mexican	Seaport	$$	Exceptional
Moxies - Boston Seaport	American	Seaport	$$	Exceptional
Chart House Restaurant - Boston	Seafood	Financial District	$$	Awesome
State Street Provisions	American	Financial District	$$	Exceptional
Deck 12 Rooftop Bar at YOTEL Boston	American	Seaport	$$	Awesome
Row 34 - Seaport | Boston	Seafood	Seaport	$$$	Exceptional
Trade	Greek	Seaport	$$$	Exceptional
Committee	Mediterranean	Seaport	$$$	Exceptional
Bostonia Public House	Contemporary American	Financial District	$$$	Exceptional
Mastro's Ocean Club - Boston	Seafood	Seaport	$$$	Exceptional
Oceanaire Seafood Room - Boston	Seafood	Financial District	$$$	Exceptional
Serafina Seaport	Italian	Seaport	$$$	Exceptional
Legal Sea Foods - Long Wharf	Seafood	Faneuil Hall	$$$	Awesome
Nebo	Italian	Seaport	$$$	Awesome
Amber Road	American	Financial District	$$$	Exceptional
Nowon - Boston	Korean	Seaport	$$$	Awesome
Limani Grille - Seaport	Mediterranean	Seaport	$$$	Exceptional
Boqueria Seaport	Tapas / Small Plates	Seaport	$$$	Exceptional
Joia	Italian	Financial District	$$$	Awesome
The Nautilus - Boston Pier 4	Pan-Asian	Seaport	$$$$	Exceptional
The Palm Boston	Steakhouse	Financial District	$$$$	Awesome