 A "floating museum" focusing on the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum was moored on Congress Street in close proximity to the wharf.The vessel was a replica of the "Beaver", one of the British ships ransacked by the Sons of Liberty during events leading up to the American Revolution.Established in 1973, the site has hosted millions of visitors and was long the site of an annual Boston Tea Party historical reenactment each December 16.