2 admission tickets for Plimoth Plantation and Mayflower II.

In the 1627 English Village, each day corresponds to a day in the year 1627. As the colonists talk to you in 17th-century dialects, you'll learn what a pottage is or how a duck or bluefish is cooked on the hearth, see cows or goats being milked, or wattle and daub applied to a house under construction. Each day in the Village is different and exciting and each colonist is an individual whose conversation will intrigue and entertain you.

Mayflower II is the reproduction of the ship that brought the "Pilgrims" to New England. As you enter, you'll see an exhibit on New England's Native Peoples, an explanation of why the colonists left England and Holland, and a hands-on exhibit explaining 17th-century navigation. Onboard you'll see certain areas of the ship set up as they would have been in 1620, and will have the opportunity to talk with modern guides about the history of Plymouth Colony, and to discuss wooden shipbuilding with maritime artisans. After viewing the ship, visitors may tour an area where they will learn more about this reproduction vessel; how she was researched and built, and about her voyage from England in 1957. Often Mayflower II staff here demonstrates maritime trades: carving, rigging, tool-making and more.

Hobbamock was a Pokanoket Indian who acted as Plymouth Colony's interpreter, guide and advisor on dealing with the Native people. He lived adjacent to the Plymouth colonists from 1621 until his death sometime before 1643. At theWampanaog Homesite, visitors may speak with actual Native interpreters in period dress as well as uniformed staff. While staff do not role play, and they speak from a modern perspective to explain early Wampanoag history, our outdoor site does represent life in the 17th-century. Visitors will see the wetuash (houses), including the puttakaukan (round house) and the neesquttow (house of two fires), which is the type of house Hobbamock lived in. These homes are beside the gardens, which show the traditional method of planting corn, beans and squash in mounds. Interpreters carry on many activities of daily life, including house construction, making a mishoon (dugout canoe), cooking a meal of bluefish, duck orsobaheg (stew) over the fire, and tending and weeding the garden. Staff also utilize 17th-century technology and materials to re-create baskets, pottery, wooden bowls, stone tools and many other items.

In the Crafts Center, artisans demonstrate the making of goods that the colonists either brought with them or imported from Europe. At different times you will see the artisans use 17th-century techniques to create baskets made with willow imported from England, furniture made and carved for use in Village houses, and earthenware pottery, from the common three-handled cup to an oil lamp or a colander. Most of the items made in the Crafts Center are used in the interpretive program or other educational programs, and some are offered for sale through the adjoining museum shop.

After seeing the animals in the English Village, visitors often have questions about the various breeds: why the goats, sheep or pigs look different than those with which they are more familiar. The Nye Barn is a contemporary exhibit created to give visitors a more in-depth look at the museum's rare breeds program. Here, live rare and minor breed animals and a display of photographs and text are used to explain the history of various breeds of livestock at the Plantation as well as their importance to the program and to global conservation efforts.