Plimoth Plantation
(by Anna-Lena Kissling)

Our visit at the Plimoth Plantation on Tuesday morning, October 16th, was perfectly fitting to our topic "living history". First we watched a short documentary in the museum's cinema and learned more about the historical background.  On the reconstructed plantation we saw how the English settlers and the Wampanoag, the local tribe then, lived in the early 17th century. Strolling around in the living museum you encounter actors and actresses dressed in typical clothing of that time, who are willing to tell you more about their lives. 

The museum's entrance

Village of the English settlers 

Originally the Wampanoags lived in Plimoth a long time before the English settlers arrived. But about 70% of the Native Americans died because of a disease and left the village empty. The English settlers emigrated from Europe because the English king persecuted them because of their religion. In the New World they enjoyed freedom of religion. 

Winter house of Native Americans (Wampanoags) 

Close up picture of a house in the Pligrims' village 

When the Pilgrims arrived with the Mayflower in 1620, they found the empty Wampanoag villige and turned it into their own, naming it Plimoth Plantation.