Plimoth Plantation

Introduction

Plimoth Patuxet Museums (formerly Plimoth Plantation) is a living-history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Reconstructing the 1620 Pilgrim settlement with costumed interpreters, historically accurate buildings and interactive experiences, it vividly recreates early 17th-century colonial and Wampanoag Native American life — an excellent place to understand America's early colonial history. Set in beautiful countryside outside Plymouth, the museum's core is an outdoor village reconstructing the settlement circa 1627 — dozens of timber-frame colonial cottages, a fortification and a church, with costumed interpreters living, working and cooking in character as if 400 years ago, ready to converse and answer questions about period life, food, tools and beliefs. A reconstructed Wampanoag homesite is staffed by Wampanoag descendants who share their ancestors' life ways, architecture and culture. The museum also features Mayflower II — a full-scale replica of the original Mayflower, moored in Plymouth Harbor. Visiting Plimoth Patuxet for an immersive encounter with 400-year-old colonial and Native American life is a deeply engaging historical experience.

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