I was recently in Boston for training and spent the weekend exploring the city. At some point, I had discovered this tour and decided to give it a shot. I'm so glad I did! For a little under $25.00, this tour is an absolute bargain -- you get to tour replicas of historical ships, polish up on your Tea Party knowledge and interact with some great character actors. The overboard tea-throwing, the talking gallery portraits and the chest were memorable highlights.If you're ever in Boston and are looking to check out some museums, etc., I would definitely recommend this one.
This is a great museum. It takes about an hour to complete the tour. You get to be involved with the story of how the event came to be. You go into different rooms and go on a replica of the ship and toss the tea into the harbor. I had so much fun and will definitely come back to do it all again!
This tour was so fun, my son (aged 9) and I took it twice. The staff - dressed up as historical figures like Sam Adams and the wife of a Boston Tea Party instigator - were extremely knowledgable, enthusiastic, and good at acting. Highlights of the tour were: the chance to throw bales of tea in the harbor; an opportunity to explore below deck; and seeing characters come to life on screens to react to events. We enjoyed shouting "fie!" and "huzzah!" We will never forget the story - very educational! It cost us about $40 for our tickets. There's a tea parlor that serves hot drinks and snacks like pastries attached.
We went to the Boston Massacre reenactment at the State House tonight (3/7). We stood by Katherine from sales, and tour guides Moses the wallpaper salesman and Ann (Bradley? She hosts revolutionaries in her home). They were INCREDIBLY knowledgable about history and enthusiastic about your museum. Kevin (a manager) answered a million questions from our daughter in a kind, age-appropriate, informative way. These people are wonderful representatives of your museum and got all of us excited about history. We will visit your Museum because they were such enthusiastic ambassadors.
Even though it was a bit rainy, I thoroughly enjoyed the authentic costumes and old English dialogue. A bit touristy but was fun and very informative.
I went on this tour solo - now I want to take others back with me! Your tour starts as a "town meeting" in December 1776, you're assigned a role (a person who was part of the events,) and the guides take you through the replica ship and museum as if you're part of the rebellious crowd. The guides/actors were funny, our main guide (playing Mrs. Anne Bradley) had an amazing memory and remembered the names she had assigned everyone. It was the most interactive, fun museum I've been to, and it presented the material in a neat way that really sticks with you. It takes about an hour with tours running every 30 minutes. Highly recommended. Do a search for a Groupon before you go, I saved a couple of bucks by buying my ticket through them! There's a tea room at the end of the tour if you want a snack, and a quaint gift shop.
I visited last year with my husband and it was so lovely, great souvenir shop and the ship looks great...unfortunately we didn't have time to do the tour so will have to go back to Boston again some time soon to do the tour! :)
This was a fun informative tour that she'd a little more light on what really happened during this period of time in history. The actors (guides) were knowledgable, engaging and funny. Highly recommend.this. It's very family friendly.
Did this 1 hour tour with my teenage son and we both enjoyed it greatly. The actors were very talented, stayed in character, seemed to be having a good time, and really pulled you in. Through their stories, tours of the ship, a brief hologram-style film, and then a wide screen short movie presentation, visitors are walked through history from the motivations for the tea party through the events that followed and the start of the revolutionary war. It was just long enough to be informative and not too long to be tiring. We stayed after for tea and a game of checkers in the tea room (ask what the teas are before you try them! Some are really different :) The gift shop, although touristy as expected, was actually quite fun. I very highly recommend this, and it was quite family friendly too!
Having had a great three days on the Boston trolley buses we decided to use the bonus Boston tea party tickets we were issued from the Trolley bus. Thinking it would be possibly nothing special, We could have not have been further from the truth.From the moment we presented ourselves at the ticket booth we were warmly greeted by the staff and proceeded to the meeting room. The tour took just over two hours for the entire tour .Anna was our guide and being an actress she played the part extremely well. The tour was fantastic and very informative. The re enacting of throwing the tea overboard was also very symbolic.The visit to the tearooms is a must and try the different teas available.I would highly recommend the Boston tea party and museum as a Must do visit in Boston.Well done and thank you for making our trip to Boston memorable. Please allow at least three hours to see everything they have to offer.