For some it's a quaint coastal village. For others, it's one of our nation's largest museums. For others still, it's a vacation retreat.

We call it home.

Twenty-one students come to call Mystic home each semester. When not at sea or traveling on our field seminars, you'll live cooperatively in five fully restored, 19th-century homes (numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 on the map) at Mystic Seaport.

Our administrative offices are in Labaree House (1), and our faculty offices are in Dickerman House (2). The Carlton Marine Science Center or CMSC (too new to show on the map, but next to (8)) provides the main classroom and laboratory space for the science classes as well as 24-hour study and community space, while the G. W. Blunt White Library (9) provides classroom space for the humanities courses.

But learning doesn't start or end in these rooms. All of Mystic Seaport becomes your classroom. The Museum's 17 coastal acres and 70 buildings provide a unique and inviting setting for all four of your classes.

Mystic is a quaint New England community built around the Mystic River, a few miles from Long Island Sound. You can walk into town, take a trip to the beach, go for a run along the Mystic River, use one of the Williams-Mystic sailing or power vessels or just enjoy (as no one else can!) 24-hour access to the Mystic Seaport grounds.

There's nothing like waking up and seeing the outline of tall ship masts outside your window and smelling the salt breezes. You will come to call this place home, too.