Plimoth Patuxet Museums Awarded Grant from Americana Corner
Funds will assist the Museum in sharing the stories of the United States’ founding era
Plymouth, Massachusetts (March 12, 2024) – Plimoth Patuxet Museums announces that it has recently been awarded $10,000 from Americana Corner’s Preserving America Grant Program.
The awarded grant funds will be used for the acquisition of reproduction items and materials needed to update the 17th-Century English Village’s palisade. “We are so grateful to have received this support from Americana Corner,” said Tom Begley, the Museum’s Deputy Director of Research and Public Engagement. “This grant will enable us to deepen the living history experience in the 17th-Century English Village and enrich the immersive quality of the exhibit. New programs will help visitors better understand historical lifeways of the period.”
Voted in 2024 as the Nation’s best open air museum, Plimoth Patuxet has welcomed millions of people since its founding more than 75 years ago. A leader in the field of living history, the Museum’s exhibits, programs, and events continue to reflect a commitment to innovation and scholarship in telling the stories of the 17th century in all their complexity.
Americana Corner, founded in 2020 by Tom Hand as an online resource to help others rediscover America’s founding story and first century of expansion, has awarded 121 organizations more than $1.4 million in grant funds through its Preserving America grant program. To see the full list of grant recipients, visit americanacorner.com/grant-recipients.
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 the Massachusetts
Cultural Council, 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, and Twitter.