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South Street Seaport Museum

presents

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show Experience

November 29 - December 29, 2019

FIVE WEEKS ONLY!

The South Street Seaport Museum presents The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show Experience, a fun-filled hour-long experience complete with an interactive puppet show, activities, and the opportunity to take a picture with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, from November 29 through December 29, 2019 with three performances on select dates at 10am, 11:30am, and 1pm at the Melville Gallery at 213 Water Street, NYC. Tickets are $25 (children under one are $5 with accompanying paid adult ticket) and are available via the Museum website at www.seaportmuseum.org/hungrycaterpillar or directly from OvationTix at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1020990.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by author/illustrator Eric Carle has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1969, selling more than 43 million copies worldwide. Carle's well-known books have captivated readers with his iconic colorful hand-painted tissue paper collage illustrations and distinctively simple stories. His work has introduced generations of children to a bigger, brighter world - and to their first experience of reading itself.

Witness these timeless classics come to life during an interactive story time at The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show Experience.

Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show Experiencefeatures a variety of puppets, faithfully adapting three of Eric Carle's stories, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, and of course, the star of the event - The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

The experience lasts approximately sixty minutes, including a puppet show with special audience participation elements. Plus, all attendees will have the opportunity to take a picture with The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

Each performance will feature The Very Hungry Caterpillar paired with the story listed below:

11/29, 12/1, 12/7, 12/14, 12/21, 12/26, 12/28, 12/29:

10am - Brown Bear, Brown Bear; 11:30am - 10 Little Rubber Ducks; 1pm - Brown Bear, Brown Bear

11/30, 12/8, 12/15, 12/22, 12/27:

10am - 10 Little Rubber Ducks; 11:30am - Brown Bear, Brown Bear; 1pm - 10 Little Rubber Ducks

For more information, visit https://southstreetseaportmuseum.org/hungrycaterpillar.

Melville Gallery is a historic building and there are four steps to enter the building. Please contact us at 212-748-8600 with access questions.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show Experience is sponsored by the Howard Hughes Corporation.

ABOUT SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM

The South Street Seaport Museum, located in the heart of the historic seaport district in New York City, preserves and interprets the history of New York as a great port city. Founded in 1967, and designated by Congress as America's National Maritime Museum, the Museum houses an extensive collection of works of art and artifacts, a maritime reference library, exhibition galleries and education spaces, working nineteenth century print shops, and an active fleet of historic vessels that all work to tell the story of "Where New York Begins."