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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Audio-guided Boston Tea Party Museum & Harbor Tour

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from $14.99

Restaurants near the Tea Party Ships

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