Kalmar Nyckel Foundation - Non-profit organization in Wilmington - 1124 E 7th St, USA

The museum is very informative with some hands on items. The sail is absolutely fantastic! The entire crew’s goal is to make sure everyone has a terrific time, safely. They’re extremely helpful, informative, knowledgeable, professional, and extremely friendly. I would absolutely do this again any time. Highly worthwhile. Very glad that we did it!

Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, Wilmington Delaware on the Christina River is the #1 Tall Ship Sail Training Facility in North America, they provide Crew training, education sails and programing, public sails and private charters. The Kalmar Nyckel Tall Ship is a recreation of the original Swedish Royal Navy vessel turned Armed Merchant ship , Originally built by the Dutch in 1627, purchased by Sweden in 1629, named Kalmar Nyckel which translates as the Key of Kalmar, which this ship sat in waters off Kalmar Sweden , and in order to enter the city one must sail past Kalmar Nyckel, quite literally becoming " the Key of Kalmar" she was later Commissioned by the Ships Company to sail to the New World and establish a colony and for the Fur trade Expedition, so the Company hired Peter Minuit to lead the expedition. And so after a long and arduous journey across the Atlantic, Peter Minuit and the Ship arrived 1638 on the Christina River, at a place called " the Rocks " current Fort Christina Park, and established a new colony of New Sweden, they accomplished this by trading with the Linae Lenape natives giving gifts of Red Duffel Cloth, glass beads, Iron, Copper and other items foreign to these indigenous peoples, in return the Sachem allowed them to settle interdispersed and awarded them with Beaver pelts and Skins..... This is just the tip of Historic Preservation mentioned above. The Foundations Museum and Programming is way more detailed and in depth , hands and eyes on experience than I could verbalize here, if I was to do so , I could write for hours, maybe even a whole day. Take my word and come Check it out

A fun trip up and down the river. The museum has lots of interesting information, arrive early and check that out! Good for kids as well as adults. Recommend 👍

Had a blast cruising up the Christina river. The crew and other passengers made the day even more enjoyable. The museum gave a lot of historical information that is not so easy to find.

Amazing Maritime Center, model ship collection, and beautiful ship undergoing winterizing maintenance.

Was docked in Bristol, Pa for tours. The price of the tour was $10 adults and $5 kids. The tour itself was a ripoff. Was on the ship for 4 minutes. They rang a bell when it was time to move to the next station. There were four stations with a staff member talking about their station. No time to actually look or ask questions. The last station was items for purchase and a box for donations. Not impressed with this tour at all. Considering a two hour cruise ride is $50 adults and $35 kids. Maybe consider time slots of 20mins per group and be able to purchase that time slot online.

Nice. Clean. Organized. Tons of historical information. Self guided tour of the museum.

Beautiful place! Inside the contemporary and immaculate building, you feel like you are a part of American history with the collection of photos and pamphlets within immediate view as you walk around the inside of the building. The enormous and famous Kalmar Nykel ship rests silently upon the Christina River for all spectators to see. There a tours and rides given. I am not sure about the prices, but the Kalmar Nykel is truly representative of Delaware history.