
Ever-changing exhibits with a regional flavor make this local institution irresistible. The 2008 schedule features a number of juried shows, along with selections from the permanent collection.
As the nation's foremost gallery specializing in contemporary marine art and ship models, the Maritime Gallery exhibits and sells artwork in keeping with the connoisseurship of the nation's finest maritime museum.
The galleries of “Mystic Art in the Evening” will again host First Thursday open gallery stroll on October 2, from 6 to 8pm. Each gallery offers something different to strollers.
An exhibition of the finest marine paintings of James E. Buttersworth (1844-1894), long recognized as one of the foremost ship portraitists of the 19th century. Features grand canvasses celebrating great clipper ships, as well as Buttersworth's exquisite smaller panels.
Explores the story of Connecticut whaling captain George Comer and his extraordinary relationship with the Inuit. This ground-breaking exhibit features traditional clothing and tools, stunning photographs, voice recordings and full-scale reconstructions of Comer's winter quarters and an Inuit igloo. Opens May 24, 2008. See more at MysticSeaport.org »
NOV 21, 2008
Rededication of the Arctic Coast Exhibit
NOV 21, 2008
Presentation on Belugas, the Arctic and Climate Change
NOV 21, 2008