Boston Tea Party Museum Visit

The Boston Tea Party in the history of the United States is a dramatic event that occurred on Dec 16, 1773, and it is recreated in every moment at a museum with the same name in Boston. Adjacent to the museum is a replica of the original ship called Dartmouth and the tour of the ship’s replica is also included in the museum tour.

Not just that you also participate in the party along with actors who dress up as the revolutionaries of that era.
This participation is not free however and comes at a steep price of almost USD 25.

The only free access at the museum is a souvenir shop where I could choose from a mind-boggling variety of items on sale for a solo theme like a Tea Party event.

Coming back to the event recreation, which is immersive and very well thought out, the main actors give an introductory background that lead to the Boston Tea Party. After that small cards are distributed that assign you the role of the real people in the resistance movement of this 18th-century event.

Some of the characters that one can play are Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Francis Akeley.
A tiny script is written on the card which you have to narrate to participate and complete the act.

An interesting piece of information that the guide narrated to us was about a second Boston Tea Party that took place in March 1774, when around 60 Bostonians boarded the ship Fortune and dumped nearly 30 chests of tea into the harbor, but this part largely remains out of memory for most people compared to the first party during which around 342 chests of tea were thrown in the waters.

This follows a walking tour of the replica ship and the tea caskets which culminates in enacting throwing a tea casket into the sea as seen in the image at the top of this article.

Tushar_Suradkar_0-1596075880486.pngAccessibility Features

:wheelchair: :x: Ramp access.

:wheelchair: :x: A wheelchair-accessible Entrance.

:wheelchair: :x: A wheelchair-accessible Restroom/Toilet.

:wheelchair: :x: A wheelchair-accessible Seating.

:wheelchair: :heavy_check_mark: A wheelchair-accessible Parking.

What else to do in Boston

While you are still in Boston, here’s a list of places you can visit:

  1. Freedom Trail

  2. Boston Common and Public Garden

  3. Beacon Hill

  4. Museum of Fine Arts Boston

  5. Boston HarbourWalk

  6. USS Constitution and Bunker

  7. Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestra

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Have you recently visited a museum with some historic importance attached to it?

I’d be interested in knowing.

Till then… Happy guiding :blush:

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Hey @TusharSuradkar

Thanks for sharing this Boston Tea Party Museum post with us. You took me to my history class from school days when we had a paragraph on this Boston tea party :heart_eyes: Enlightened to the core. I am sure it would have been a fabulous experience doing revolutionary things :cowboy_hat_face:

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Thank you @MayuriKubal and couldn’t agree more the experience at the museum was right out of the history book and definitely gave some goosebumps to a history buff like me.

It was an unexpected visit but some time of the day well spent.

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Hi @TusharSuradkar Amazing post with amazing information. I haven’t heard about it yet. But its nice to read your interesting post. Very nicely presented with all the information like accessibility. Thanks for sharing it with us… :blush:

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Hi @TusharSuradkar

Great post my dear!

Thanks for sharing a nice visit at Boston Tea party Museum. Sell written post with detail description as reveiw!

have a beautiful day!

where are you now?

Did you see my meet up recap post?

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Hi, my friend @MAHBUB_HYDER

I replied to your recap - a very beautiful experience :+1:

I am living in Delhi these days but I am a resident of Pune.

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@TusharSuradkar

इतिहासाची छान आठवण.

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@TusharSuradkar this is a good idea, just two photos but it shows a lot. Can you do collage from PC? I have to find way. It may save more time than on a phone.

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** @TusharSuradkar **

नमस्कार,

तुम्ही केलेली मजा मला तुमच्या फोटोतून जाणवते,

हा अनुभव आमच्या सोबत शेअर केल्याबद्दल धन्यवाद…

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Hi @Sophia_Cambodia

That’s right, a collage can be made easily and quickly on a desktop computer compared to mobile devices unless the app on the mobile phone makes it really easy to do.

I shared some tips and techniques to create a collage recently.

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नमस्कार @Shrut19 @C_T
इतिहासातील घटना घडलेल्या स्थळांना भेट देणे time-travel ची अनुभूती देते.
नक्कीच मजा येते :blush:

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नमस्कार…

** @TusharSuradkar **

हो तुम्ही ती मजा प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव घेतला, हे छानच…

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@TusharSuradkar Thanks for sharing :cherry_blossom: :cherry_blossom: . Amazing Place :kissing_heart: :kissing_heart: my dear sweet friend.

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Thank you for sharing your beautiful memories @TusharSuradkar

This post is very helpful to know about the awesome state of Massachusetts.

Shukriya :pray:

@TusharSuradkar

Thanks for this post I got recap of history Boston Tea Party was important chapter our teacher taught very nicely she told to remember history point wise for this still remember, it. They had imposed tax on tea which was too much so they looted tea boxes & threw few in sea. . . Thanks you.

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@TusharSuradkar Great write up on the museum!!! I’ve never been to this museum but I see now why I need to go! Thank you for sharing!!!

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@TusharSuradkar hello, really enjoyed reading your post. Its very well formated, well done!

Quick question, why they threw the tea caskets into the water on both occasions? Could you elaborate a bit more? Curious to know. Thank you!

Great job again.

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Thank you @RamsesMorales

Not sure why they threw the caskets into the water, perhaps it was an act of showing opposition to the tax levied.

The last time I included such information a moderator forced me to remove and retain only the ‘experience’ part at the monument.

Subsequently, I have started to leave out such facts and figures or simply append “according to the local guide there…” :smile:

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@TusharSuradkar Thank you, I totally understand because same thing has happened to me in the past. Appreciate for the reply.

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Hey @TusharSuradkar , Thanks for sharing the detailed post.

These kind of post help us understand the culture of other places.

Looking forward for more posts like this.

Thanks :blush:

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