If you are walking the red brick Freedom Trail north, you will eventually arrive at the USS Constitution Museum as well as the home of “Old Ironsides”. All of these are free admission. The museum is self-guided. It is an excellent place to learn the importance of rope manufacturing and the key role it plays in ships and shipping. Outdoors of the museum you can explore the USS Constitution ship. There are three deck levels you can explore but beware you will climb narrow stairs with rope handles. Also watch your head as our ancestors on ships must be much shorter than today. It is a beautiful ship. You can appreciate the handiwork it took to create a wood ship back in the day. Also, while there walk a little further and visit the USS Cassin Young, a destroyer from WWII. While there take a look at the torpedoes and depth charger models.

This is a small compact, but very comprehensive museum. It’s reasonable to enter, and the donations are suggested. Military both retired and active duty are free. There’s also an excellent gift shop with many appealing souvenirs as well as a library of books to purchase. There are interactive films to watch. The personnel are friendly and helpful. There is also a nice restroom.

Great info, great history info. Very good hands on for the kids, that will get them off their screens. I’ve done the ship, but I like the museum better. $10 suggested donation. We were there about an hour and half. Also there is war ship on the sight.. well worth a visit. Use Uber to get there and head back out.

While not the biggest of museums, it does exactly what it was designed to do - and could not be any better. The displays and the way the information was presented was more than perfect - couldn't ask for a more complimentary museum to the ship! A definite must for anyone interested in the USS Constitution and our navy's history!

This museum is about the oldest warship still afloat.you can go both in the ship and the museum building beside it. As I have seen lots of movies which is happened in a warship, it was very interesting and informative for me. I could imagine everything. It is a free museum and you can pay as much as you want. It takes about one hour to see every thing.

Visited here for the first time while on vacation and was not disappointed! The curators have done an amazing job detailing the history of how the USS Constitution came to be and the sailors' lives aboard the ship through fun, engaging, and interactive exhibits. Admission is by suggested donation (for two adults, we gave twenty dollars). The museum (and the separate USS Constitution ship) is a stop on Boston's Freedom Trail. Highly recommend to anyone visiting the area.

Do not let the initial glance at this museum cause you to underestimate it. We had three teenagers in our group. They were very engaged. As were many younger kids we encountered along the way. The adults had a great time too. One of the best hands on museums we have encountered. We loved it!!!

I did not expect a museum about one warship to have this much in it. There’s an overview video and a hallway with hands-on exhibits about ship design and construction and large models (one made of Legos) about the Constitution. I especially liked one where you design a warship and sail it into battle against other ships. Another exhibit area discusses the military and long post-active service of the ship. Another floor features a full exhibit on the lives of different crew members aboard the ship, from enlistment to battle. It’s a museum that warrants at least an hour before visiting the Constitution itself, which is docked a stone’s throw away.

The film is a must see, and does a nice review of the naval yard and currently military ship. The naval yard is still run by active naval officers, so you will see them around the yard. The museum itself is rather sparse. It is really a short visit on your way to the USS Constitution.