19-617: Plymouth Plantation may refer to: Plimoth Patuxet a living museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, formerly known as Plimoth Plantation Plymouth Colony (sometimes New Plymouth) the English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691 Of Plymouth Plantation , book by William Bradford Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
38-607: A Colonial Education site for youth and adult groups, and a visitors' center with indoor exhibits and educational programs. The two houses on the Colonial Education site were built for the PBS show Colonial House , which was filmed in Maine . Following the filming, the museum disassembled the houses and reconstructed them at on their current site. The roof of the Cooke House was destroyed by
57-401: A fire from a fireplace on November 19, 2011, and the building had to be demolished. Mayflower II is docked near Plymouth Rock and is also under the care of the museum. Museum employees in modern dress interpret history to guests from a third-person perspective. In July 2020, officials announced that the museum would be renamed, noting that their plan, "for some time, has been to announce
76-584: A new name for the Museum later this year as we commemorate the 400th anniversary (1620–2020) of the Pilgrims' arrival on the shores of historic Patuxet ." It coincided with a wave of name changes caused by the George Floyd protests that year meant to be more inclusive. While the word "plantation" historically referred to a type of colony , and this was the sense intended for Plimoth Plantation, it soon came to refer to
95-457: A ton of wheat and half a ton each of oats and dried peas. Drink was also communal and rationed: 1 firkin of wine, 1 firkin of aqua vitae , and 1 barrel of beer. In the first episode, the colonists trade with the Passamaquoddy people to secure a supply of maize ( indian corn ) to be planted in the large field near the settlement. The corn was planted on mounds instead of rows, in keeping with
114-453: A type of farming estate established to grow cash crops, and in the modern era has become popularly associated with those plantations that employed slave labor , especially in the South . Officials stated that discussions had been ongoing for more than a year to assess whether the existing name reflected "the full, multivalent history that is at the core of the museum's mission." While a new name
133-690: A wide variety of first-hand and second-hand records, accounts, articles, and period paintings and artifacts, and the museum conducts ongoing research and scholarship, including historical archaeological excavation and curation locally and abroad. In the English Village section of the museum, trained first-person ("historical") interpreters speak, act, and dress appropriately for the period, interacting with visitors by answering questions, discussing their lives and viewpoints, and participating in tasks such as cooking, planting, and animal husbandry. Third-person ("modern") interpreters answer guests' questions that
152-677: Is a complex of living history museums in Plymouth, Massachusetts founded in 1947, formerly Plimoth Plantation . It replicates the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established in the 17th century by the English colonists who became known as the Pilgrims . They were among the first people who emigrated to America to seek religious separation from the Church of England . It is a not-for-profit museum supported by administrations, contributions, grants, and volunteers. The recreations are based upon
171-572: The First Nations traditional method. In keeping with the social order of the 17th century, the Governor of the colony was appointed by the Colony to have full authority over the other colonists. The Freemen were property-holding men who were asked to give counsel in meetings. Women, indentured servants and children were neither allowed at the meetings nor given any political power. In Colonial House , though,
190-549: The Plimoth Grist Mill (2013). Alongside the settlement is a recreation of a Wampanoag home site, where Indians from a variety of tribes explain and demonstrate how the Wampanoags' ancestors lived. The museum grounds at Plimoth Patuxet also include Nye Barn where historical breeds of livestock are kept, a crafts center where many objects are created for use in the village exhibits, a cinema where educational videos are shown,
209-514: The United Kingdom, following the success of The 1900 House , an exercise in vicarious " experiential history " that is characteristic of an attempt to provide an educational version of popular reality television . It aired on PBS in the United States and on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in 2004. The series, intended to recreate daily life in Plymouth Colony in 1628 along the lines of
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#1732848115031228-482: The first-person interpreters cannot. The English Village represents the year 1627 through most of the museum season (which lasts from early April to late November), depicting day-to-day life and seasonal activities. In November, the English Village typically represents the year 1621, which is the year of the first Thanksgiving to take place in Plymouth Colony. Henry Hornblower II, son of Ralph Hornblower , started
247-746: The museum in 1947 with help and support from friends, family, and business associates as two English cottages and a fort on Plymouth's waterfront. Since then, the museum has grown to include the Mayflower II , a 1957 replica of the Mayflower , the English Village (1959), the Wampanoag Homesite (1973), the Hornblower Visitor Center (1987), the Craft Center (1992), the Maxwell and Nye Barns (1994), and
266-459: The project are of varied beliefs, which causes some tension. The Wyers family is strongly Christian while Michelle Voorhees steadfastly refuses to "say the words" of the Christian prayers. Episode One Episode Two Episode Three Episode Four Episode Five Episode Six Episode Seven Episode Eight A New Zealand version of the series was produced by TVNZ . The series features
285-432: The recreated Plimoth Plantation , brought home to viewers the rigors of life for colonists in the early 17th century. The show was videotaped in a 1,000-acre (4.0 km ) isolated area near Machias, Maine , and featured colonists and several members of the current Passamaquoddy tribe of Maine. Historians from Plimoth Plantation and Maine historian and archaeologist Emerson Baker of Salem State College helped to make
304-570: The setting as accurate as possible. Seventeen applicants were chosen out of thousands to join the project. Most of the participants were American, though there were some British citizens as well. The project began in spring and was set to run for five months. Original colony: Additional colonists: The colonists were provided with four houses of varying sizes and comfort level, as well as chickens, goats and casks of dried provisions such as ship's biscuit, 500 lbs of salted fish, and 1000 lbs of salted pork. For main staples they were given
323-490: The title Plymouth Plantation . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plymouth_Plantation&oldid=1146879558 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Plimoth Patuxet Plimoth Patuxet
342-610: The women were unsatisfied with losing all of their modern rights and spied on the Freemen's meetings and started to hold women's meetings themselves. After the Wyers family leave in Episode 2, the women begin to bargain for a more fair split of labor, which is resisted by the Freemen and the Acting Governor. Although mandated by law to attend Christian church services on Sunday, the participants in
361-403: Was not yet revealed, the museum began using a new logo that read "Plimoth Patuxet" instead of "Plimoth Plantation". 41°56′20.64″N 70°37′33.69″W / 41.9390667°N 70.6260250°W / 41.9390667; -70.6260250 Colonial House (TV series) Colonial House is an American reality series produced by Thirteen/ WNET New York and Wall to Wall Television in
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