Day 84 Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth

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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

EXHIBITION
Plymouth History in a Glass: 
The Artifacts and Culture of Beverages and Drinking
May 30 – December 31, 2010

Plymouth History in a Glass, which has something for everyone – no matter the beverage of your choice.
The exhibit reviews four hundred years of drinking customs in the Plymouth area and beyond.
Objects on display include historic drinking vessels of different sizes, materials, and uses:
silver tankards, wooden cups, ceramic punch bowls, copper coffee pots, glass tumblers, and pewter mugs.
Starting with the water and beer of the Pilgrims’ 1620 Mayflower voyage,
the exhibit traces the history of different beverages, alcoholic and non-alcoholic,
through carefully selected documents, images, and artifacts from Pilgrim Hall Museum’s collection
as well as those of neighboring historical societies, museums, and private collectors.
Centered on Plymouth, the exhibit covers four centuries of vast changes,
surprising similarities, and fascinating stories of Americans’ drinking customs.

ARCHAEOLOGY!
Artifacts from the Myles Standish House
A Massachusetts Archaeology Month Program
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 from 10:00 – 4:00

Take the opportunity to get a close look at the artifacts from the 1863 excavation of the Myles Standish home site in Duxbury. James Hall undertook one of the earliest professionally organized archaeological excavations in the country at this mid-17th century home site. As part of Archaeology Month, visit Pilgrim Hall Museum’s Library on any Saturday in October to see the artifacts and talk with staff about the excavation.

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LECTURE
Pilgrim Country:
The English Roots of
William Brewster, William Bradford & Katherine Carver
by Nick Bunker,
author of Making Haste From Babylon
November 6, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Join us for an illustrated talk by the British writer and historian Nick Bunker, exploring the origins of three Mayflower Pilgrims and the landscape from which they came. Using maps, photographs and manuscript records from England, he will paint a rich portrait of rural society in northern England in the age of Shakespeare and the Plymouth Colonists. Nick is the author of the recent book,Making Haste From Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World, A New History” (Alfred A. Knopf, 2010).