Pilgrim Hall Museum

Amazing things to see!!! Great photo op
Tons f history to learn
Kids loved the scavenger hunt !!!

We checked out the Pilgrim Hall Museum on Free Fun Fridays 2015, saving on their regular $ 8 adult admission fee. Their free small parking lot behind the museum was full, but I managed to find myself a 2 hour limit free parking spot out on Court Street but a short walk away.
We started on the ground floor, walked down and around and back up again, spending an hour on their grounds, but missed out on the video — the room was full when we went by and we forgot to backtrack to see it. Oh wells.
Unlike most museums, they had a few items that we could actually touch!
I didn’t realize that they were no photos till someone told me downstairs — oops!
A local told me that admission is free for residents of Plymouth — how nice!

If you’re interested in the history of the Pilgrims and you like museums that showcase real artifacts then this is you’re place. Its not a huge museum but it is good sized with two floors of displays and artifact items that belonged to and were used by the Pilgrims. I recently visited in June 2015 and they had a temporary exhibit on display that outlined the burial places of the Pilgrims which was very interesting to me because I love visiting famous graves. Some items on display that I found most interesting were a chair belonging to William Bradford, a wicker baby cradle that held one of the first babies born in the New World, Pilgrim swords, a Bible from the 1500s belonging to William Bradford, and a doll and baby shoes belonging to a Pilgrim child. Admission is $ 8 and I’ll gladly pay that to help them preserve the outstanding collection of Pilgrim artifacts they have.

The displays were very nice. The movie that they provide to watch played WAY (like zero) down the Importance of God to the pilgrims. In fact it omitted the word God from the presentation. Maybe thinking it would offend some or themselves. But pilgrims loved God and came to America to escape religious persecution against their Christian faith. A fact that was not mentioned. They said that even more important than the pilgrims guns and bibles etc was their «ideas». The pilgrims’ ideas as a Christian was from God! Not just some whim of taking a sail boat across the sea having Been persecuted and for their pursuit of being able to worship God and read the bible. Even hiding in darkened homes to escape arrest. The pursuit of freedom to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was the reason for their escape to what would be America. Not just some idea. The mayflower compact which the video also failed to discuss, clearly states their pursuit of freedom to worship God. So if you are looking for the truth watch the movie Monumental then go to the museum.

What a wonderful experience! We arrived at 3 PM-(Museum closes at 4:30 PM).When we checked in, Victor was amazing and provided detailed information about the special exhibit and where we needed to go. The artifacts alone are worth the low-​$ 8 admission fee-​($ 25 for family). The video is worth the time. The murals were beyond belief and we got to touch a piece of Plymouth Rock. This is truly a hidden gem! Don’t miss it!

This was a good first stop in Plymouth. I was hestitant to fork over the price of admission but it was well worth it in the end. The displays are informative and well put together. It is very clean and well maintained and has a nice little gift shop. It’s a great place for the family and a good start to a historical tour of Plymouth.

It cost $ 22 for a family of four to get in (use AAA Discount) and it probably takes about 45 to go through the place, thoroughly. The highlight was definitely touching a piece of Plymouth Rock! There were some amazing paintings on the first floor and the second floor had various historical items that were definitely interesting to look at it. All in all, visiting the Pilgrim Hall Museum was a good way to end our visit to Plimoth Plantation, Mayflower II and Plymouth Rock.

We decided to go here on the way home from a weekend get-​away to plymouth. Plymouth rock costs $ 28 but I’m sure you can learn just as much from perusing the artifacts of the pilgrims at the Pilgrim Hall Museum. There were two floors. The first floor contained remnants from the separatists (pilgrims) and others before they left for their voyage. There were also some large scale paintings re-​enacting scenes prior to setting sail.
The downstairs area was packed with information regarding facts and dates and also more artifacts that belonged to the 120 members aboard the ship. The bibles written in old English from the 1500s were fun to look at and also some of the chests along with a cradle that was in almost perfect condition belonging to one of the young mothers aboard the ship.
I hope you take the time to check this place out. It’s worth it.