Description
Enjoy New England dining and history! Admission for Two to Plimouth Plantation AND the historical ship Mayflower II AND the one-of-a-kind Plimouth Grist Mill. Auction item includes $50 gift card to Tavern on the Wharf.
Visiting the ship Mayflower II is an extraordinary experience. The original Mayflower that sailed to Plymouth in 1620 no longer exists. Plimoth Plantation's full-scale reproduction, Mayflower II, was built in Devon, England and crossed the Atlantic in 1957. Come aboard and learn about the 1620 voyage of Mayflower, the perils of maritime travel, and the tools of 17th-century navigation. Explore the cramped quarters of the ship's passengers. Peer down into the lower level "hold," where the food, clothing, furniture, tools and other items necessary to start a colony were stored. Admire the "spacious" Master's cabin, and compare it to the wet and windy accommodations of the common sailors. You will also hear the tale of a modern Englishman's dream to build and sail Mayflower II as a symbol of American and British unity after World War II.
The 17th-Century English Village is a re-creation of the small farming and maritime community built by the Pilgrims* along the shore of Plymouth Harbor. In the Village, the year is 1627, just seven years after the arrival of Mayflower. The Museum selected this year for re-creation because it is well-documented in the historical sources and shows the plantation (a word that was used interchangeably with the word ¿colony¿ in the 1600s) just before the colonists began to disperse beyond the walled town and into other parts of what would become southeastern Massachusetts.
The Grist Mill Experience
The Plimoth Grist Mill is a working mill that we operate twice a week. We use water power to mill organic corn into delicious, freshly ground cornmeal on our 200 year old French Buhr millstones.
They are open from 9am to 5pm daily.
Item Special Note
Visit Plimouth Plantation to learn more. Must be redeemed by November 2019