The Mystic Seaport Museum Grapples With Threats from Rising Seas

This article is part of our Museums special section about how artists and institutions are adapting to changing times.As an institution devoted to telling the story of the sea, the Mystic Seaport Museum has an inherently close relationship with water. Sitting along the Mystic River in southeastern Connecticut, its campus spans 19 acres and nearly 150 structures, including exhibition spaces and a re-creation of a…