Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum is a museum on Fort Point Channel that lets visitors take part in the event that helped spark the American Revolution. Costumed interpreters lead each group from a recreated 1773 meeting house, where Samuel Adams presides, onto full-scale replica 18th-century vessels to throw tea into the same body of water where colonists dumped it. Interactive exhibits, historic artifacts, and a film round out the visit.

The fully guided tour moves through five sections and takes at least an hour, with tours starting every 30 minutes. Highlights include the replica brig Beaver and ship Eleanor and the Robinson Tea Chest, the only known surviving tea chest from the 1773 protest. Afterward, Abigail’s Tea Room serves baked goods, lunch items, and tea along with stories about the varieties thrown overboard, and the gift shop is open without a ticket.

What to Know

• All guests must check in on-site between 15 and 5 minutes before their tour time or risk losing their seats.
• Children 2 and under are admitted free, and child tickets cover ages 3 to 12.
• Exhibits include closed captioning, and the museum is listed among Boston’s wheelchair accessible experiences.
• The waterfront site can be booked for private events, and discounted parking is available.
• The museum is open seven days a week but closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.