Calendar of Events

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Pilgrim Hall has reopened!
Pilgrim Hall Museum (America's oldest) enters the 21st century!

Pilgrim Hall Museum is just completing a major expansion and renovation project.

Pilgrim Hall's treasured collections are held in trust for posterity.
The 1824 granite Hall, however, needed immediate and extensive modifications
to guarantee that this trust was upheld.
Climate improvements were imperative, universal access was crucial,
the artifacts had outgrown the space, our permanent exhibition needed
to be reconfigured to convey the inherent drama of the Pilgrim story.
These critical changes have been accomplished!

To learn more about our plans for Pilgrim Hall Museum, click HERE.

For pictures of our amazing progress, click HERE.

Closed since December 2007 for a $3.7 million expansion and renovation project, Pilgrim Hall reopened on May 31, 2008 with air-conditioning, a new entry and a new wing for changing exhibitions.
The "new" museum also features an imaginative reinstallation of the
permanent exhibitions of 17th century Pilgrim artifacts by the design firm of
Christopher Chadbourne & Associates. (Other recent installations by CCA include Mount Vernon and the new US Marine Museum in Quantico, Virginia.)

Visit Pilgrim Hall Museum's new spaces, new exhibitions
and new ways of presenting history!
Learn anew the dramatic story of the Pilgrims in our renovated and expanded 1824 museum. Celebrate the Pilgrims' legacy in the restored grandeur of our Main Hall and then encounter the actual artifacts used and owned by the 17th century Plymouth Colonists, in a new and dramatic installation.
Pilgrim Hall Museum is open daily from 9:30-4:30 through December 30, 2008.

July 1 - December 30, 2008: EXHIBIT
18th Century Treasures of the Collection

Pilgrim Hall's collections of artifacts from 17th century Plymouth Colony are world-renowned.
The collections also include some true treasures from the "next century."
The first exhibition in Pilgrim Hall Museum's newly-built "PIDC Gallery for Changing Exhibitions" will highlight furniture, fashion and art from the rich material culture of Plymouth in the 1700s.

Generously sponsored by

August 2, 2008 at 2:00 pm : LECTURE
Author Nancy Rubin Stuart

Pilgrim Hall Museum hosts award-winning author, Nancy Rubin Stuart, whose new biography of Plymouthean Mercy Otis Warren, The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation, is being released by Beacon Press on July 4th. Nancy will be discussing her book and signing copies as well (the book, upon publication, will be available in the Pilgrim Hall Museum Shop).

Generously sponsored by

September 1, 2008: 184th BIRTHDAY PARTY

Celebrate the 184th anniversary of the day Pilgrim Hall Museum's cornerstone
was laid in 1824.
Free admission and birthday cake for everyone!

Generously sponsored by	Newfield House, Plymouth

October 1, 2008 at 11:00 am : LECTURE
Author James W. Baker

Baker's new Guide to Historic Plymouth (available in the Pilgrim Hall Museum Shop) is the first true guidebook published about the town in several decades.
Baker, a Trustee and Fellow of the Pilgrim Society as well as an authority on historic Plymouth, will be discussing and signing copies of his book.

Generously sponsored by

November 5, 2008 at 11:00 am :
Meet First Lady Abigail Adams!

In a nod to the politics of a presidential election year,
"Madame President" Adams (as portrayed by reenactor Linda Myer)
visits Pilgrim Hall Museum!

December 2008

Coming at year end - another Holiday House Tour and, of course, the annual celebration of the Landing of the Pilgrims on "Forefathers Day."
The actual anniversary date of the Landing is December 21 but, when the day falls on a Sunday (as it does in 2008), the Pilgrim Society celebrates a day early - on Saturday, December 20. Mark your calendars and check back for details!

What's New on the Web?

The works of John Robinson, the pastor of the Pilgrims in Leiden.

For additional interesting Web "surprises," visit
Beyond the Pilgrim Story.

Looking towards the Future!

In 2020, we will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth (and the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Pilgrim Society.
Planning has already begun - and not a moment too soon!
Do YOU have an idea of something that should be incorporated into the celebrations? Send it along to pegbaker@pilgrimhall.org

On June 10, 2008, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick visited Pilgrim Hall Museum and signed an Executive Order creating a State Commission to plan the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims in 2020.
Click HERE for pictures of that event.

Do you need to contact us directly? Use pegbaker@pilgrimhall.org

Make a difference! 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.

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