So Much for AARP Members to See & Do at Mystic Seaport

AARP Connecticut members can save money and support local, nonprofit educational and cultural venues throughout the year, including Mystic Seaport, the nation’s leading maritime museum. Founded in 1929 to gather and preserve the rapidly disappearing artifacts of America’s seafaring past, the Museum has grown to become a national center for research and education with the mission to “inspire an enduring connection to the American maritime experience.”

AARP Members will enjoy $3 off Mystic Seaport admission (up to 4 per visit) and have the opportunity to save 15% off gift memberships for their friends and family. Hours change throughout the season so please check the website to plan your visit.

The Museum’s grounds cover 19 acres on the Mystic River in Mystic, CT and include a recreated New England coastal village, a working shipyard, formal exhibit halls, and state-of-the-art exhibitions. The Museum is home to more than 500 historic watercraft, including four National Historic Landmark vessels, most notably the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan, the only surviving   wooden whaling ship still in existence.

A stroll through the historicvillage invites visitors to experience firsthand from staff historians, storytellers, musicians, and craftspeople just what life was like earning one’s living from the sea. In the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard, visitors  can watch shipwrights keeping the skills and techniques of traditional shipbuilding alive as they restore and maintain the Museum’s watercraft collection and other vessels. For the next two years visitors can watch as the visiting Mayflower I I  is restored in time for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims in 2020.

Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall – AARP members can enjoy great discounts on admission and memberships to a variety of Connecticut museums and cultural attractions, local theater and musical performances, and more!