New York City Car Rentals and the South Street Seaport Museum

New York city car rentals can transport you to the South Street Seaport Museum where youll wander back to the 18th and 19th century to see what life was like. The South Seaport Museum is located in a 12-square-block historic district in lower Manhattan.

South Street Seaport Museum has a mission to trace the history of the Port of New York, and its commercial and cultural impact on the city, the state, and the nation.

New York Unearthed - City Archaeology

New York city car rentals encourage you to experience this history through New York Unearthed. This is a city archaeology education program developed to help you piece together 6,000 years of history from excavated artifacts.

On the top level of the archaeology lab at NY Unearthed, youll be able to see the timeline of the citys past. On the bottom level, youll see a glass-enclosed conservation laboratory. Some days you might spot staff processing some items from the two-million-artifact collection.

If you want to see a three-dimensional cross-section of an archaeological site, take a look at backyards, say New York city car rentals. Learn how digging deep basements for skyscrapers can destroy valuable historic evidence.

Artifacts from The Five Points

Currently on Display at Schermerhorn Row Galleries is Artifacts from The Five Points. About 850,000 artifacts were recovered from an archaeological dig. These artifacts were taken to an underground lab underneath the World Trade Center for further study. The objects that survived the September 11, 2001 destruction of the World Trade Centre are displayed at 12 Fulton Street.

Interesting fact:

New York city car rentals ask if you knew The Five Points was featured in the movie Gangs of New York? These artifacts are currently at the lab at New York Unearthed.

Exhibits

Walt Whitman and the Promise of Democracy

This exhibit is timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the publication of "Leaves of Grass" in 1855.

At the Schermerhorn Row Galleries, from July 2005 through December 2005, discover:

the timeline of Whitman
photographs of Whitman
a copy of the first edition of Leaves of Grass
six main sections that depict Whitman's "passionate democracy"

Child's Play at the Seaport: Toys, Dolls and Games from the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

From February 2005 to December 2005, New York city car rentals can take you to see the miniature versions of:

the Coney Island Amusement Park
skyscrapers
a spectacular "Parade of Ships at the Brooklyn Bridge"

Youll also discover an exhibition of rare toys from the private collections of world-renowned collectors that will be on display for public viewing for the first time.

Free Events

New York city car rentals recommend you catch the upcoming free events at the South Street Seaport Museum:

On Friday, October 21, 2005, 6 pm 9 pm, see The Ghosts of Schermerhorn Row!

The museum invites you to celebrate Halloween early with:

Making mysterious masks
Exploring the hidden history of Schermerhorn Row with a guided torchlight tour
Getting an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour, including the preserved original rooms from the Fulton Ferry Hotel (which was made famous in Joseph Mitchells Up in the Hotel)

On Friday, November 18, 2005, 6 pm 9 pm, go Beyond the Mayflower.

The museum wants you to see what life was like for the first European settlers who came to colonial America. Come to:

Learn how to weave baskets
Visit the ships and exhibition
Get a guided tour of the Nieuw Amsterdam exhibition

The museum asks you bring canned goods to donate to the local food bank.

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