South Street Seaport Museum announces a robust schedule of Halloween offerings beginning October 3, 2026. Activities include Halloween Paper Crafts and Letterpress Printing, A Haunted Harbor Halloween: Onboard Panel and Ferry Tour, and Ghost Stories from the Oregon Coast.

Ghost Stories from the Oregon Coast

October 3 | 12pm | Wavertree | Free | Book Here

Attend a fashion show where maritime history meets childhood memory, folklore, and contemporary design in the work of Austin Korth. As the show progresses, set against the backdrop of the 1885 tall ship Wavertree’s masts and rigging, you will see how the collection draws inspiration from the golden age of seafaring and the rugged landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.

Halloween Paper Crafts and Letterpress Printing

October 11 | 12–2pm | 207 Water Street | Free | Book Here

Embrace spooky season and unleash your creativity at Bowne & Co.’s Halloween-inspired drop-in workshop.

Visit anytime between 12pm and 2pm for a free hands-on experience crafting Halloween paper decorations, paper chains, and folded-paper bats. For an extra thrill, our skilled Bowne designers will be on hand to guide you through crafting your own letterpress-printed broadside posters using a 19th century printing press from the Seaport Museum’s working collection.

A Haunted Harbor Halloween: Onboard Panel and Ferry Tour

October 24 | 3pm | Brooklyn, NYC Ferry, Wavertree | Scaled Pricing | Book Here

Take a special East River Halloween crossing with the Seaport Museum and Holes in Wall Collective that ferries you into the strange, spooky, and unexpected.

Seaport Museum Book Club: All That Is Wicked

October 31 | 12pm | Wavertree | Free | Book Here

For spooky season, the book club selection is All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind by Kate Winkler Dawson. Together we will dive into the thrilling true-crime story of Edward Rulloff, a serial murderer once deemed “too intelligent to be killed.”