By: Jess Johnson
Looking for a fun, educational day trip for the family? Well look no further because Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen’s Museum in Tuckerton, NJ is a great place to bring your children for a low cost but high reward trip. With over twenty different attractions, Tuckerton Seaport is a great mix of folk art, culture, and environmental awareness. Located on the water, there are several different boat tours as well. If you’re looking for a fun folk arts program, this is the place to go!
Start your tour off downstairs in the visitor’s center to witness the first of many historical spots on site. The first thing you’ll see is American Indians with several tools used in hunting back then. Continue to look around and you’ll find a fun color station as well as pirate dress-up clothes. Learn about pirates while pretending to be one!
Continue over to the Tuckerton Lighthouse where the real folk arts program begins. On the first floor you can see what it was like in an early style classroom. Take a seat and look through an old notebook. When you’re done you can look at old medicine bottles and clothing before taking a seat to watch an old-style film. You can learn all about old life in Tuckerton in just this one room, but continue to the other side and you’re hit with even more information. If you go upstairs, you’ll find the railroad exhibit with plenty more historical information and figures. Watch as a train figurine circles above you. Learn about how men and women were saved if they fell overboard. The educational opportunities from this folk life program are incredible.
Take a tour of the past at Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen’s Museum, and you won’t be disappointed.
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