Descriptive terms "tired", "lacking enthusiasm", "...

Descriptive terms "tired", "lacking enthusiasm", "sloppy", and "disappointing" all come to mind. Plimoth Plantation was remarkably under-developed for the cost of admission, and all their money appears to go into new buildings rather than into professional staff, informational displays and the two re-enactment villages. The re-enactment staff did a good job with what they had to work with, but they had virtually no day to day items--food, hand tools, hand work, etc. to work with. No weaving, no food preparation, no making of things, virtually nothing. Both village gardens were very poorly tended and very poorly labeled.

The pottery display was simply excellent.

The "museum" was sparse at best, under-labeled and under-described, with a centerpiece of a cow morphed with a sailing vessel (????), which unfortunately spoke more to the lack of authenticity all around than it did to anything else. The museum definitely appeared to lack a good curator as well as a lack of adequate funding to be called a museum.

The parking lot was worn and tired looking, and most of the paths were unpaved.

The zoo was remarkably pointless--why were they curating goats when they couldn't put together a decent museum? It struck me as a remarkably pointless way to try to preserve heritage from the pilgrim times when there are so many more valuable areas to spend limited resources.

The grist mill was good, and well staffed. The parking area was adequate, but it was clear the town itself was not very interested in keeping up good appearances, given the poor quality of their outdoor tourist map. Worn, faded, yellowed plastic, it was hard to read, and indicative of a town that really did not care about its heritage, let alone cared to put its best foot forward for visitors. The signboard was a sad commentary on a town that appeared stuck on itself rather than interested in being a part of American history and sharing that with others.