The MK crew will man the MetroKids Pirate’s Lair during the 2nd Annual Old City Seaport Festival at the Independence Seaport Museum. Find us from 10am-5pm Sat. and Sun. on the museum’s second floor, where your young buccaneers can swashbuckle in style, try on a peg leg and make their own hooks and eye patches. Elsewhere, board the WWII sub Becuna, scope out the engine room of the steel warship Olympia, saunter the deck of a tall ship or two, witness a pirate battle, enter a rowboat race, marvel at wooden and model ships, cheer on the Parade of Boats, imbibe a beverage in the Beer Garden and tuck into some anything-but-scurvy Philly food truck eats. Here's exactly what you can expect at our lair.
Sat., Oct. 12
- Face painting
- Pirate Moonbounce
- Message in a bottle activity (with a 4:15p message exchange at the Seaperch tank)
- Eye patch activity
- Pirate hook activity
- Temporary tattoo station
- Signal flag activity
- Pirate mapmaking activity
- Pirate namemaker activity
- Metro Kids dancers (3:30pm & 4:30pm)
- Pirate storytelling
On Sat., the Pirate’s Lair will close promptly so everyone can get down to the river in time to join the Pirate Battle.
Sun., Oct 13
- Face painting
- Message in a bottle activity (with a 4:15p message exchange at the Seaperch tank)
- Eye patch activity
- Pirate hook activity
- Temporary tattoo station
- Signal flag activity
- Pirate mapmaking activity
- Pirate namemaker activity
- Pirate dancers
- Philadelphia Zoo (1-3pm)
- Pirate storytelling
We'll see you tharrr. (Check back on Tuesday for a full report and plenty of pirate pics!)
