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Northwest Seaport, Seattle, WA

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Northwest Seaport

A nonprofit maritime heritage center in Seattle that keeps historic vessels afloat and offers public programs aboard them.

860 Terry Avenue North, Historic Ships Wharf at Lake Union Park, Seattle, WA 98109 · Seattle, WA

About Northwest Seaport

Northwest Seaport is a nonprofit based at the Historic Ships Wharf in Lake Union Park. It works to protect and explain the seafaring history of Puget Sound and the Northwest coast. Its floating collection includes a historic tugboat, a former lightship, and a fishing schooner, and visitors can tour them by arrangement. The group also runs sing-alongs, restoration workshops, vocational training, and volunteer days, and it has operated since 1964.

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