Plimoth Patuxet, Mayflower II or Plimoth Grist Mill Combo Admission Ticket in Plymouth booking from $35.00

Plimoth Patuxet, Mayflower II or Plimoth Grist Mill Combo Admission Ticket

Overview

It's America's Founding story! Plimoth Patuxet Museums is a living history museum that tells the story of the historic events of America's founding story: the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620; the Mayflower Compact (founding document U.S. Constitution), relationship with the Wampanoag Nation and the First Thanksgiving.

There are 3 unique exhibit locations at Plimoth Patuxet Museums. You may visit exhibits on different days.

o The Mayflower (U.S. National Register of Historic Places).

o Plimoth Grist Mill, STEM and History program for all ages!

o Plimoth Patuxet (main campus) includes the Henry Hornblower Visitor Center (orientation film in theater and Thanksgiving exhibit in the Gallery), Historic Patuxet Homesite, 17th-Century English Village, Craft Center (Plimoth artisans), Rare Breeds Animals.

Seven retail stores thru-out the three campuses that sell Plimoth & local artisan items.

Plentiful Cafe at Plimoth Patuxet that offers 17th-century and modern selections.

City: Plymouth

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What's Included

or, the Plimoth Grist Mill - 6 Spring Lane, located at Brewster Gardens.

Mayflower is docked at Pilgrim Memorial State Park - 3 miles north, you will need a car.

Plimoth Patuxet exhibits:Patuxet Homesite, 17th-Century English Village, Craft Center and Nye Barn

Exhibitions: History in a New Light, Iluminating the Archaelogy of Historic Plymouth & Patuxet

Exhibitions: We Gather Together - Thanksgiving, Gratitude, and the Making of an American Holiday

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Plymouth
137 Warren Avenue

Ticket is good for one visit.
You may select a secondary day to visit the Mayflower or Plimoth Grist Mill within the season the ticket was purchased. Please hold onto your ticket that is received when you exchange for admission at Plimoth Patuxet. Present this slip at the Mayflower or Mill, depending on the ticket type you purchased.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
At Plimoth Patuxet: Free golf cart service operated by staff to assist those with mobility concerns. Inquire on arrival with guest services.
Museum is open in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately, wear comfortable shoes.
Amtrack station is 4 miles north of the museum (Kingston/Plymouth line from South Station. Plymouth & Brockton Bus Terminal is 2 miles west. We recommend that you arrange livery service prior to arrival. Or visit to download the Ridecircuit app - free livery service, check schedule to get you from one location to another.

What To Expect

Plimoth Patuxet Museums

It's a journey 400 years back in time! You are living history, not just watching a reeactment in our recreation of the early English Pilgrim settlement (17th-Century English Village); learn about the Indigenouse heritage of the Northeast from contemporary interpreters whose people have lived here for over 12,000 years at the Historic Patuxet Homesite. For your enjoyment, there is a cafe in the Visitor Center that serves 17th-century and modern favorites. To remember your visit, we have a wide variety of Plimoth artisan-made and local New England items for sale in four retail shops. Visiting during America's 250th Anniversary - Revolutionary Ideas Started Here! You can't understand the late 18th-century without its 17th-century (and, really, earlier!) beginnings. Come visit and learn the historical roots of the United States social, economic, and politial systems where the ideas self-government are embodied in the Mayflower Compact. We hope to see you soon! Safe travels.

Plimoth Grist Mill

STEM and History program for all ages! Located in historic downtown Plymouth, a short walk from the waterfront through Brewster Gardens is the Plimoth Grist Mill. A working reproduction of the mill built by Pilgrim John Jenney, in the original location along Town Brook, you will learn about the operations of the waterfed powered mill, and the ecology of Town Brook. For those who love to bake, stop in to the retail store to purchase freshly stone-ground cornmeal and Sampe (Grits). On Saturday afternoons, the mill stones are operational, the other days of the week, the millers are preparing the cornmeal by sifting, willowing and preparing the stones for the next run. Try your hand at milling with the immersive exhibits in the lower exhibit of the mill. You may select to visit this location on the same day as you visit Plimoth Patuxet or a different day during the 2025 season. See you soon!

Mayflower II

Climb aboard and experience what the 1620 crossing was like for the Pilgrims. Docked at picturesque Plymouth Harbor, the Mayflower (U.S. National Register of Historic Places) is a floating museum. Modern-day guides are on hand to enrich your experience, sharing stories about 1620, and the history of Mayflower. Visiting during America's 250th Anniversary - Revolutionary Ideas Started Here! You can't understand the late 18th-century without its 17th-century (and, really, earlier!) beginnings. Come visit and learn the historical roots of the United States social, economic, and politial systems where the ideas self-government are embodied in the Mayflower Compact, a founding document to the U.S. Constitution. Within your combination or Hertitage ticket, you may select to visit this location on the same day as Plimoth Patuxet or a different day within the 2025 season. Hope to see you soon!

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Klashayl

Nov 2019

$30 is a bit excessive....and there is no combo package! Mayflower ship has been in dry dock for 4 years!! So if you buy the combo you are paying more for less. there are real actors who stay in character even when you ask them a question the pretend they are still living in the 1600s, that was cool. Seeing the pilgrim houses and old artifacts is nothing new that many of us haven’t seen. Most of the homes have characters in them or outside. It would have been much better if there were more characters doing daily tasks out and about. There was no overlook onto the ocean, one of the characters told us it’s currently not available. Which really was a bummer. Also there aren’t native Americans in character like there was suppose to be. This is the whole point of the tour is to go back in time. There was one lady inside a teepee who spoke to us in present day fashion, not in character. Although she was nice. Also the grist mill wasn’t grinding cornmeal that day so it was suggested we didn’t go (tickets separate) and the Mayflower ship has been gone for 4 years according to a local. It has been in dry dock awaiting its sail for 400th anniversary in 2020.

Response from Host

Nov 2019

I'm sorry if it was not explained properly to you, that yes there is a combination package - Plimoth Plantation and the Plimoth Grist Mill sold through Trip Advisor. It appears that you may have purchased a single site visit to the main campus - Plimoth Plantation. When Mayflower returns the combination package will include an option of visiting the ship or the mill. The exciting part of visiting the English Village or Wampanoag Homesite, is that there is something new every day, the program changes depending on the season and the chores that were necessary, and if the weather is cold or rainy you'll find staff in the houses or wetus, as we would be today. In the English Village, you will encounter actors portraying first-person the colonists of the 17th century. In the Wampanoag Homesite, the staff are Indigenous People talking from a modern perspective about their culture and history, they are not actors. In the English Village, the most stunning view of the Atlantic Ocean is from the Fort House, also seen from any Pilgrim house, and the Homesite located on the Eel River has a view of the water feeding into the bay. Sorry that you heard that the mill would not be interesting if it was not milling. On the days it is not grinding, that's my favorite time to see how impressive and important 17th science, technology, engineering and math are for us today. There's also something new to learn everyday at the mill, a day in the life of a miller. We are excited to have the Mayflower return after a three year restoration program, her scheduled arrival is late May 2020.

41eileenw

Nov 2019

We visited Cape Cod for 10 days this last fall and my husband and I both agree the Plimoth Plantation was one of the highlights of the entire trip. We went on the most beautiful fall day- full of sunshine and scenery. We both love history and we learned so much more then they told us in school. The fact that Plimoth was not the first place the Mayflower stopped and everyone went ashore. How it came to be that the brave people who crossed the ocean in a ship that was barely seaworthy decided to stay and build there first settlement at Plimoth. The relationship the settlers had with the American Indian community that also lived in thar area. We were shocked to hear just how much these 2 groups of people relied on each other and even signed a formal agreement promising to help defend each other if one group was attacked. Plan to spend the whole day. There are costumed guides who talk to you as if it was back in their day. We were amused at the ideas about health and disease and how seriously the leaders took these ideas. We drove up and down the coast all week and if we had only a few days to revisit we'd go back there. We both have thought of so many more questions we would ask. We fully recommend this historical " museum". We did not see any children there but school was back in session. I believe children older then 7 or 8 would get a great deal out of visiting and seeing history infront of them Younger children may have a harder time as it is a great deal of walking and pushing a stroller on the dirt roads would be very difficult. They would probably grow impatient listening to the actors and not having any idea what was being talked about. Please- if you are in the area and have a good pair ou'd walking shoes- visit Plimoth Plantation.

Response from Host

Nov 2019

So glad to hear you enjoyed your experience. You are so right, what we are taught in school doesn't compare to the depth of knowledge and information that is shared at Plimoth Plantation. Two perspectives Indigenous People - Wampanoag Nation and the English colonists known as the Pilgrims. At the museum you hear directly from the indigenous people of their history which is an oral tradition passed down in stories, and in the English Village there are first person role-players historically accurately portraying the colonists in the year 1627. Hope you can come back for the 400th Commemoration in 2020 or the 400th anniversary of what Americans refer to as the First Thanksgiving in 2021.

Linda F

Nov 2019

The plantation was just ok but might be better in the busy season. There were some costumed reenactors who portrayed Pilgrims and Native Americans. There's life size homes of both that you can visit and ask questions. (Wish the two young men who were burning out canoes would have been more willing to talk and explain the process) but the whole place seemed unenthusiastic. The facilities were clean but needs updated. In hindsight, we thought the lack of signs and/or clear directions to the museum was odd. The Grist Mill was very underwhelming and is several miles from the plantation so you have to drive. Nothing is marked very well so you might get lost like we did. The museum "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is within walking distance from the mill and it's quite a pretty trail but the museum was so pathetic. The displays are all outside and faded, and water damaged. We paid $68 for two people for all 3 locations and we regretted it.

Response from Host

Nov 2019

Linda, I'm so sorry that you did not receive the experience that we dedicate ourselves to provide to every guest. The waterfront exhibit is a temporary exhibit while Mayflower has been away in restoration for the last three years and is showing it's age, it comes downs at the end of November 2019. The back to back nor' easter storms we had have impacted that exhibit, we have put attention and detail to them to get them through this season for our guests (families with children have enjoyed this walk through history) and hope that if you are in the area again, you will give us another opportunity.

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