[7] Amistad departed New Haven on June 21, 2007, on a 14,000-mile transatlantic voyage to Great Britain, Lisbon, West Africa, and the Caribbean, marking the Atlantic trade and slave route to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the end of the slave trade in Great Britain.

[8] The 19th-century seafaring village contains nearly all the types of general and specialized trades associated with building and operating a sailing fleet.

A 40-foot, 1⁄128 scale model of the Mystic River area as it appeared around 1870, complete down to the outhouses that stood behind every residence.

Mystic Seaport's music program features sea shanties in their original contexts as work songs.

[15][16] Four vessels at Mystic Seaport are recognized by the United States government as National Historic Landmarks: