Pilgrim Hall Museum

Prize-winning historian Andrew Lipman offers a fresh look at the epic life of Squanto of Patuxet, the real-life historical figure famously associated with Plymouth Colony’s early survival. In a new biography, Lipman draws from a wide range of evidence to reconstruct Squanto’s upbringing, his transatlantic odyssey, career as an interpreter, surprising downfall, and enigmatic death. […]

A spiritual ground zero for the Mayflower Pilgrims, First Church of Christ of Plymouth also offered spiritual sustenance and connection for people of color. A striking example is the 1762 wedding of Hannah Hovey, a black bondswoman living in Plymouth, and Briton Hammon, an enslaved sailor at the center of the first African American slave […]

As recently profiled in the New York Times, Lee McColgan presents his fascinating journey from working in finance to becoming a preservation contractor specializing in historic homes and buildings, and now the author of the Amazon #1 publication, A House Restored. Part memoir, part history, McColgan’s book is about the painstaking and ultimately rewarding restoration of his […]

Falmouth artist Karen Rinaldo describes the creative process behind the 1994 commission of the The First Thanksgiving, one of the first images to accurately recognize the Wampanoag presence at the 1621 event. Rinaldo explains step by step, her journey in creating a sensitive artwork, which has been hailed for its accuracy by the Society of Mayflower Descendants […]

Join our festive 17th-century style Masque and English Country dance party in the original 1824 Main Hall as you’ve never seen it before—just emptied of its artworks in preparation for major renovation – Perfect For A Once–Every–Two–Centuries Party! To Benefit The Light The Way Restoration Campaign Music By Seven Times Salt – Dance Caller Tom […]

It’s the 200th Anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Pilgrim Hall on September 1, 1824! Celebrate with FREE ADMISSION all day and free birthday cupcakes on the granite portico from 11:30am – 1pm! New Plimmoth Gard costumed re-enactors fire volleys and share stories of 17th-century life on the front lawn. Family-friendly Treasure Hunts offer […]

It’s the 200th Anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Pilgrim Hall on September 1, 1824! Celebrate with FREE ADMISSION (last admission is at 2:30pm) and free birthday cupcakes on the granite portico from 11:30am – 1pm! New Plimmoth Gard costumed re-enactors fire volleys and share stories of 17th-century life on the front lawn. […]

August Adventures – Free Admission for all, all day! – Sunday, August 11th – Generously sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation. It’s the perfect time to visit Pilgrim Hall Museum! Thanks to a generous grant from the Highland Street Foundation as part of its August Adventures program, you will be able to enjoy free admission all day today here […]

Free African Americans in Plymouth County formed an independent community known as Parting Ways in the years following the Revolutionary War. The community was the subject of archaeological excavations in 1975 to 1978 and 1989. Professional archeologist Karen Hutchins-Kein shares data from digs and other sources that show how these residents established an independent community […]

Dr. Patrick Browne, Plymouth Antiquarian Society, illuminates Plymouth’s involvement in the Civil War, examining the units formed here and highlighting the wartime experiences of specific Plymouth men and women whose lives were altered by the most consequential conflict of their time. 6pm light refreshments – 7pm lecture begins Tickets $10 non-members, $5 members, free for […]

Nancy Rubin Stuart, author of The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation provides commentary for a lively debate between Mrs. Warren (portrayed by Michele Gabrielson) and John Adams (played by Michael LePage) about her account of the American Revolution published in her epochal three-volume history. With […]

Illuminating African American Histories on the South Shore Monument in the Making: Parting Ways and Its Legacy Active in the 1970s effort to preserve the Parting Ways site, Rev. Dr. Robert Gomes shares personal experiences of a community’s rediscovery of this historic African-American community, established in the wake of the American Revolution, and considers the […]