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The museum grounds at Plimoth Patuxet also include Nye Barn where historical breeds of livestock are kept, a crafts center where many objects are created for use in the village exhibits, a cinema where educational videos are shown, a Colonial Education site for youth and adult groups, and a visitors' center with indoor exhibits and educational ...
The Pilgrim Society, established in 1820, runs the museum. The museum tells the story of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony. Architect Alexander Parris designed the museum building, which is built of Quincy granite and opened in 1824. Russell Warren constructed a wooden portico in 1834, which had Doric columns supporting a triangular pediment ...
In the 1970s it was converted into a museum. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [ 1 ] It is now known as the 1749 Court House and Museum , and is open from June to September with exhibits of early Plymouth history.
New England Fire and History Museum, Brewster [19] Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum, Fall River, closed in September 2016 after years of low attendance. All railcar exhibits moved to other museums or sold to railroads. Plymouth Wax Museum, Plymouth, Cape Cod Visitor information, [20]
The Plymouth Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing part of the area of earliest settlement of the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.It includes properties in an area roughly bounded on the west by North Street, on the north by Water Street on the east by Town Brook, and on the south by Court Street and Main Street.
The Mayflower House Museum is an 18th-century period historic house museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts operated by The Mayflower Society, also known as the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. The Society purchased the Edward Winslow House in 1941.
Plymouth (/ ˈ p l ɪ m ə θ /; historically also spelled as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town and county seat of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown".
The Plymouth Antiquarian House (also known as Hedge House or "Hammatt House") is an historic house museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts owned by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society. The house was built in 1809 for William Hammatt, a New England sea captain. The Hedges, a family of entrepreneurs, purchased the house in 1830 and lived there until 1919. [2]