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The Pilgrim Story — the hazardous voyage, the 1620 landing, the fearful first winter, the First Thanksgiving at Plymouth — is the treasured heritage of all Americans. This dramatic saga of courage and perseverance has inspired the American people throughout the nation’s history.

The mission of
Pilgrim Hall Museum is
to protect and foster this heritage as a dynamic national resource.

		PILGRIM HALL, built in 1824, is a gallery museum in the center of historic Plymouth, Massachusetts. The nation’s oldest continuously–operating public museum, Pilgrim Hall houses an unmatched collection of Pilgrim possessions. Among its irreplaceable treasures are William Bradford’s Bible, Myles Standish’s sword, the only portrait of a Pilgrim (Edward Winslow) painted from life, the cradle of New England’s first–born, Peregrine White, the great chair of William Brewster, and the earliest sampler made in America, embroidered by the teenage daughter of Myles Standish.
Brewster chair

The possessions and artifacts of the Pilgrims tell the story of brave and determined men and women, and their attempts to build lives and homes for themselves and their children in a new world.

The objects displayed at Pilgrim Hall Museum
illuminate real people!

At Pilgrim Hall Museum, you will also learn the story of the Wampanoag, "People of the Dawn," the Native People who inhabited this area for 10,000 years before the arrival of the new settlers. The story of the interrelationship between the Wampanoag and Colonial settlers continues through the disastrous conflict of the 1670s, known as King Philip's War.

The legacy of Zerviah Gould Mitchell (1807-1898), a descendant of Massasoit, brings the story of the Wampanoag into more modern times, showing the continuing vigor of a people that have a continuous presence in southeastern Massachusetts and are a vital part of its contemporary culture.
		Basket by Z.G. Mitchell

The Museum also contains a superb collection of American history paintings, ranging from Henry Sargent’s heroic Landing of the Pilgrims to Jennie Brownscombe’s First Thanksgiving, demonstrating the continuing significance of the Pilgrim story throughout American history.

In addition to the permanent exhibition, temporary exhibitions complement the Museum’s mission by presenting various historic, artistic and social themes, rooted in the 17th century Plymouth experience and evolving throughout time.

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Donations to the Pilgrim Society, to support the operations of Pilgrim Hall Museum,
can be made online through www.networkforgood.org or
by filling out a Donation Form and mailing it to Pilgrim Hall Museum.