Media Alert: Plimoth Patuxet Museums to Host Museum Clean Up Day Ahead of 2026 Season Opening
Volunteers invited to help prepare sites for Opening Day
Plymouth, Massachusetts (February 27, 2026) – Plimoth Patuxet Museums invites the public to join staff for Museum Clean Up Day on Saturday, March 7, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This longstanding Museum tradition offers volunteers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to prepare a living history museum for a new season after the winter months.
WHAT:
Each year, Plimoth Patuxet Museums welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors and lifelong learners to its historic sites and programs. As guests step back in time to explore the 17th century, significant preparation is required to ensure landscapes, gardens, and built structures are ready for the season.
Museum Clean Up Day is a hands-on community effort that helps ready these spaces for Opening Day. Volunteers will assist with indoor and outdoor projects across the campus—from the Historic Patuxet Homesite to the Plimoth Grist Mill—helping to preserve and share the interwoven stories of the Indigenous and English communities who met along these shores in the 17th century.
The work completed during this day will be experienced and appreciated by visitors from across the country and around the world who travel to Plymouth to engage with this nationally significant site. Individuals, groups, and families are welcome.
WHEN:
March 7, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 3: 00 PM
Rain Date: March 8, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 3: 00 PM
*Full or half-day opportunities are available.
WHERE:
Plimoth Patuxet Museums, 137 Warren Ave., Plymouth, MA 02360
MORE INFO:
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About Plimoth Patuxet
Plimoth Patuxet is one of the Nation’s foremost living history museums. Founded in 1947, the Museum creates engaging experiences of history built on thorough research about the Indigenous and European people who met along Massachusetts' historic shores in the 1600s. Major exhibits include the Historic Patuxet Homesite, the 17th-Century English Village, Mayflower II, and Plimoth Grist Mill. A private, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational institution, Plimoth Patuxet is supported by admission fees, donations, memberships, and revenue from educational programs, gift shops and dining. Plimoth Patuxet receives support from private foundations, corporations, and local businesses. Located less than an hour’s drive south of Boston, and 15 minutes north of Cape Cod, the Museum is open daily from early spring through the Sunday after Thanksgiving. For more information, visit plimoth.org. Follow the Museum on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and X/Twitter.