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January 2020
Four Exhibits Commemorating 400 Years of Mayflower and Wampanoag History
American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society present "Four Exhibits Commemorating 400 Years of Mayflower and Wampanoag History." These exhibits are now on display through December 2020 at the American Ancestors Research Center in Boston. The four unique displays speak to the origins of and continued impact of the Mayflower story, with special emphasis on Wampanoag traditions and culture. The exhibits are described below. The Origins and Legacy of the Mayflower: Who were the Pilgrims, what motivated their departure…
Find out more »“The First Thanksgiving, 1621” — A Painting by Karen Rinaldo
"The First Thanksgiving, 1621" -- A Painting by Karen Rinaldo is on exhibit at Falmouth Museums on the Green through 2021. The painting shows all the participants attending the first Thanksgiving. It was on display at Pilgrim Hall Museum and Plimoth Plantation from 1995 to 2017, and was used in numerous textbooks nationally and internationally. The painting depicts the Mayflower survivors and the Wampanoags who joined them in a communal recognition of their friendship. For more information and updates on the…
Find out more »Four Exhibits Commemorating 400 Years of Mayflower and Wampanoag History
American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society present "Four Exhibits Commemorating 400 Years of Mayflower and Wampanoag History." These exhibits are now on display through December 2020 at the American Ancestors Research Center in Boston. The four unique displays speak to the origins of and continued impact of the Mayflower story, with special emphasis on Wampanoag traditions and culture. The exhibits are described below. The Origins and Legacy of the Mayflower: Who were the Pilgrims, what motivated their departure…
Find out more »“The First Thanksgiving, 1621” — A Painting by Karen Rinaldo
"The First Thanksgiving, 1621" -- A Painting by Karen Rinaldo is on exhibit at Falmouth Museums on the Green through 2021. The painting shows all the participants attending the first Thanksgiving. It was on display at Pilgrim Hall Museum and Plimoth Plantation from 1995 to 2017, and was used in numerous textbooks nationally and internationally. The painting depicts the Mayflower survivors and the Wampanoags who joined them in a communal recognition of their friendship. For more information and updates on the…
Find out more »World Fish Migration Day Celebration Lecture Series
A lecture series in January, February and March 2020 as part of the World Fish Migration Day Celebration. World Fish Migration Day (WFMD) was founded by Herman Wanningen from the Netherlands as a global celebration of rivers and fish migration events. In November 2018, David Gould, Director of Marine and Environmental Affairs, was invited to present the Town of Plymouth's work on dam removals and the restoration of rivers and wetlands at the Dutch Embassy in Washington DC. This was…
Find out more »Four Exhibits Commemorating 400 Years of Mayflower and Wampanoag History
American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society present "Four Exhibits Commemorating 400 Years of Mayflower and Wampanoag History." These exhibits are now on display through December 2020 at the American Ancestors Research Center in Boston. The four unique displays speak to the origins of and continued impact of the Mayflower story, with special emphasis on Wampanoag traditions and culture. The exhibits are described below. The Origins and Legacy of the Mayflower: Who were the Pilgrims, what motivated their departure…
Find out more »“The First Thanksgiving, 1621” — A Painting by Karen Rinaldo
"The First Thanksgiving, 1621" -- A Painting by Karen Rinaldo is on exhibit at Falmouth Museums on the Green through 2021. The painting shows all the participants attending the first Thanksgiving. It was on display at Pilgrim Hall Museum and Plimoth Plantation from 1995 to 2017, and was used in numerous textbooks nationally and internationally. The painting depicts the Mayflower survivors and the Wampanoags who joined them in a communal recognition of their friendship. For more information and updates on the…
Find out more »February 2020
Four Exhibits Commemorating 400 Years of Mayflower and Wampanoag History
American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society present "Four Exhibits Commemorating 400 Years of Mayflower and Wampanoag History." These exhibits are now on display through December 2020 at the American Ancestors Research Center in Boston. The four unique displays speak to the origins of and continued impact of the Mayflower story, with special emphasis on Wampanoag traditions and culture. The exhibits are described below. The Origins and Legacy of the Mayflower: Who were the Pilgrims, what motivated their departure…
Find out more »Pilgrim Hall Museum Opening Day, featuring pathFOUNDERS: Women of Plymouth
Pilgrim Hall Museum opens for the season, featuring permanent gallery displays of original 17th-century artifacts that reveal the story of the Pilgrim settlers and the Native Wampanoag people of early Plymouth Colony. The Museum offers three exhibit galleries, changing exhibitions, a superb orientation film, and an unmatched collection of the actual belongings of the Mayflower Pilgrims. From the humble doll of child passenger Mary Chilton, to the sword of Captain Myles Standish, and the well-worn Bible of Governor William Bradford,…
Find out more »pathFOUNDERS: Women of Plymouth
A special exhibition, pathFOUNDERS: Women of Plymouth, on display through March 8th, presents original objects reflecting four centuries of women's experience and multimedia presentations giving voice to women of early Plymouth Colony, including Susanna White Winslow, Awashonks, Elinor Billington, Priscilla Mullins Alden, Hobbamock's wife, and Mary Chilton Winslow. Pilgrim Hall Museum's 2019 exhibition resets the 400-year story of Plymouth with a focus on the lives and legacies of pathfounding women. Makers, nurturers, leaders, and survivors, they made history, though their…
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