Calendar of Events

Calendar
of
Events

Pilgrim Hall reopened February 1, 2009!

America's oldest museum has entered the 21st century!
Pilgrim Hall Museum has recently completed a major expansion & renovation project, adding air-conditioning and a new entry. The "new" museum also features an imaginative reinstallation of the permanent exhibitions of 17th century Pilgrim artifacts.

Visit Pilgrim Hall Museum's new spaces, new exhibitions & new ways of presenting history!
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 February 1 through December 30, 2009.

2009 - The Year of the Dutch!
Exhibition: The Dutch Connection
May 31 - December 30, 2009

2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims' arrival in the city of Leiden, where they would spend 11 formative years before emigrating (via England and the Mayflower) to America.

In honor of this anniversary, Pilgrim Hall Museum's major temporary exhibition for 2009 (June-December) will focus on the relationship between early New England and The Netherlands - from the time of the Pilgrims through the American Revolutionary War.

The exhibition features
A View of Leiden, 1650, by Dutch Baroque Era painter Jan Van Goyen
on loan from Leiden's De Lakenhal Museum

The Dutch Connection
is generously sponsored by
Bruce & Patricia Bartlett
The Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
The City of Leiden, The Netherlands
The Massachusetts Society of the Order of the Cincinnati
The Town of Plymouth Visitor Services Board and
NorthEast Community Bank.

The Pilgrims had a connection with tulips!
Read about it HERE.

The Netherlands has issued a stamp commemorating the Pilgrims' stay in Leiden.
For a look at the stamp, log onto home.planet.nl/~hemel026/pilgrims-eng.htm

4th Annual Holiday House Tour!
Saturday, December 5 & Sunday, December 6, 2009
Holiday Party Friday, December 4

Pilgrim Hall Museum's 4th annual Holiday House Tour will guide you through some of Plymouth's finest architectural gems. Your visit will range from a graceful private residence in North Plymouth to a gracious B&B in the center of Plymouth to homes on Warren Avenue and in Chiltonville, all dressed up for the holidays. Feel the warmth of the holiday spirit while you help preserve the museum's superb collection of extraordinary 17th century artifacts and support its educational programs. Your ticket includes a light lunch at Plymouth Country Club.

Even before your House Tour, celebrate the festive at Pilgrim Hall Museum's Holiday Party on the evening of Friday, December 4! Savor delectable appetizers by Martha's Stone Soup Restaurant & Catering while enjoying a selection of beer and wine (cash bar) provided by Pioppi's Package Store.

Click HERE for details and to order tickets!

The Pilgrim Hall Museum 4th Annual Holiday House Tour is generously sponsored by

and

with generous support from Raphael & Raphael, LLC and
our media sponsor, The Old Colony Memorial newspaper.

Forefathers Day 2009
Monday, December 21

Forefathers Day, December 21, is the anniversary of the day the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.
The Pilgrim Society has been celebrating Forefathers Day since 1820,
when our honored guest and speaker was Daniel Webster.

Our honored guest and speaker for 2009 is
Deval Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

For more information about the day's events or for an order form for the dinner,
please click HERE.

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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