Plimoth Patuxet Museums Tours and Tickets

Experience the life of the pilgrims and indigenous Wampanoag people at this lifelike representation of the 17th-century Plymouth colony. Try a hands-on workshop learning Wampanoag pottery, 17th-century music and dance, practice in children’s chores of the period, or learn the alphabet in use at the time.

Visitors generally spend around 2.5 hours at the plantation, but it’s up to you. Add a visit to the Mayflower II or the Plimoth Grist Mill, and add more time. Also, plan to speak with local staff acting in character and stop at the gift shop.

Visit Plimoth Patuxet all year round to see the different activities the 17th-century residents engaged in at various times of the year. Note that Boston has cold and usually snowy winters and warmer but more humid summers, so plan accordingly. Special programs run around Thanksgiving time, too.

To highlight the indigenous people who were already on the land when the Plymouth settlers landed, the name was changed from the Plimoth Plantation to the Plimoth Patuxet Museum. Visitors see how life was for both the new settlers and old inhabitants at the museum and other attractions on-site.