Click to see Photos from our 15th Anniversary Celebration! 

​Our Mission

We provide unique educational adventures aboard our operational steamboat, while inspiring children and adults to learn about aquatic science, local history and engineering.  

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Please consider making a donation to help support our educational initiatives, as well as required ship maintenance. 

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​Recent News

Heritage Conservancy Makes a SPLASH with Keystone Elementary Along the Delaware River in Lambertville
The Heritage Conservancy hosted a series of field trips to include the entire fourth grade from Keystone Elementary School in Croydon, PA. In Sept and Oct, on days with suitable weather, the 4th graders sailed on Steamboat SPLASH. If weather or river conditions did not permit a SPLASH trip, learning activities were held in the adjacent picnic area in the park. Click here for more details.

​SPLASH Video: "Nature Abounds!"

 Aerial Video of Magical Steamboat SPLASH

On September 16, SPLASH had an evening sail with supporters and funders. Peter Berensmann happened to be filming a restaurant on the Delaware River at that time, noticed our beautiful boat, and recorded part of our trip.
When we returned to the dock, Peter offered the video to us. 
Credit: Peter Berensmann - Perspectiv Aerial Images

How did SPLASH get its name?
SPLASH stands for: Student Participation in Learning Aquatic Science & History

For over ten years, the SPLASH Steamboat Floating Classroom has delighted school and adult groups with 2 hour educational sails on the beautiful Delaware River in Lambertville, NJ. Younger students  learn in a “hands-on” way about our watershed and ways to protect it; the importance of “river critters” (macroinvertebrates); the chemistry of the river and the balance needed to sustain life; the environmental history of the Delaware River through the local hero the American Shad. 

​Each trip is a great opportunity to see wildlife - perhaps a bald eagle, cormorants, water snakes, blue herons. Students of all ages see first-hand “America’s First Great Invention” - the steamboat , as shared with them by the ship engineer. And, from the river, the history of our unique region comes alive – a crossing spot of the Continental Army, the homes and subjects of the New Hope Impressionists, the Bucks County Playhouse, a real shad fishery, the canals and the crossing point for canal boats, and much more. ​

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