An anonymous donor has sailed to the rescue of the South Street Seaport Museum with a $500,000 check to repair damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.
The donation made up the bulk of $750,000 in contributions meant to help the museum recover from the storm.
Sandy didn’t damage any of the museum’s ships. But the storm’s floodwater walloped heating, electrical and communications equipment in several of its buildings.
Museum brass expect it’ll cost $22 million to fix and replace equipment and permanently move building systems to higher floors.
The museum reopened last month, and besides its ships it features several new seafaring-related art exhibits.