Plimoth Plantation

Plimoth Plantation is a living open-air museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

1620 the Pilgrim Fathers landed with 101 people on the Mayflower on the coast of present-day Massachusetts and founded the Plymouth Colony. Not far from the coast was their first settlement.

This settlement was established as a museum Plimoth Plantation by the Boston stockbroker Henry Hornblower II from 1947. To this end, the village of the Pilgrim Fathers the time in 1627 was four kilometers away from Plymouth corresponding reconstructed in a speculative way, as no material traces were obtained. In this museum village showman living like in the 17th century, the houses were rebuilt, animals bred back and even reconstructed the smallest details. The performers entertained in an English dialect, which is far from the American. Thus, visitors can immerse themselves in the true life of over 350 years ago.

Furthermore, the Wampanoag Indian settlement is part of the museum, in the present-day Indians (but not in traditional dress in clothing of the 17th century ) depicting the life of their ancestors and explain. This also includes the manufacture of boats made ​​of tree trunks and the construction of huts and houses made of bark.

The replica Mayflower II is located at Plymouth Rock, the Anlegeort of the Pilgrim Fathers, and also belongs to the museum. There is also a cinema, are shown in the documentary about the life time