Mission:
The Waterfront Museum, founded in 1985, is located in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It is housed aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Barge #79, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Its mission is to:
provide free and low-cost opportunities for education, exhibition, and the performance arts;
promote historic preservation and our maritime heritage and an understanding of the importance of our water highway for commerce, carrying commuters, culture, and recreation;
provide public access to waterfront piers, their unparalleled vistas and recreational opportunities;
be an active voice for public waterfront access issues up and down the river.
