Media Alert: Plimoth Patuxet Museums Welcomes Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers for Public Program
Event highlights Wampanoag traditions and community resilience
Plymouth, Massachusetts (February 11, 2026) – Plimoth Patuxet Museums is proud to welcome the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers to the Museum for an educational presentation on Thursday, February 19, 2:15 - 3:00 pm.
WHAT:
Plimoth Patuxet Museums will host the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers for an educational presentation.
The Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers are musicians, educators, and artisans from the Mashpee, Aquinnah, and Herring Pond tribal communities who share eastern social songs and dances through performances and educational programs. Dressed in traditional clothing and accompanied by water drum and handcrafted rattles, they invite community participation, centering a collective experience around shared movement.
They have appeared at major cultural institutions and universities across New England and beyond, toured nationally and internationally, and for three years represented Indigenous communities at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade by leading the First Light Float and delivering the televised land acknowledgement.
WHEN:
February 19, 2026 | 2:15 - 3: 00 PM
WHERE:
Plimoth Patuxet Museums, 137 Warren Ave., Plymouth, MA 02360
MORE INFO:
plimoth.org/events/february-vacation-day-4-wampanoag-culture-day
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.