Plimoth Plantation Review

Very attentive staff and interesting place to visit.

Very interesting experience. Plan on spending about an hour and a half there. Plenty to see, and listening to the villagers is very entertaining.

Great historical place, actors are very knowledgeable

My daughter had her graduation there it was so nice e and every one was so helpful with smiles ..

Very disappointed. At the craft center the only craft happening was candle making. All the others weren't operating. In the village all the houses looked the same. Not what I expected.

Travel back to the 1620s. May need to brush up on early colonial settler history to fully engage with historical interpreters.

The Wampanoag are legit & have a rich history to share.

It was was great to see the restoration of our country's 1st settlers and how they lived-in Plymouth with the local Indians.
Very educational.

Best tourist attraction in the area, hands down. Check out the Mayflower II, too.

This place looks like Skyrim, there are also NPCs wandering around, pretending to eat and talk nonsense.

Village that tells the story of the first settlers and Indians. All in English but it's easy to understand the lives of these people.

We tried to go on a Sunday at noon, but it was closed. They do not have any signage listing seasonal hours.

Mildly interesting. A very long walk, not a bad thing.

It is especially the reconstruction of the English village that is worth visiting: and the term living museum is particularly appropriate.
Indeed, the village is "inhabited" by actors in costume who recreate the daily life of the 17th century.
And icing on the cake: we can also ask them questions ...

Very good acting in the village. Very nice atmosphere.

Long wait for very bad food. $75 for a dream catcher made of twigs. All in all the only thing I like there was the native american part everything else was a tourist trap

Was lacking a bit in the interactive department, but great historical context.

Awesome to see they also so a really great reenactment of the first thanksgiving in the fall

Love the baby animals! The garden is looking gorgeous too

Such a great fun experience that I got the opportunity to chaperone this very trip I went on umpteen years ago! Staff is so friendly and knowledgeable. Also huge gift shops with generously priced keepsakes. Hands down my favorite field trip yet.

Awesome experience with live actors! A Must for Plymouth

Spend time talking to the people. Especially in the native village.

The people who re-enacted the original pilgrims answered any questions you had, even silly ones.

The native American portion of the museum is absorbing & profoundly informative.

The settler section seems authentic & historically accurate, and truly depressing!
The Puritans chose a hard path based on a very fundamentalist belief. Their lives were not at all easy.
The information I learned was the stuff you never read in books.
I highly recommend if you have the chance to see this part of our nation's European settlers beginning.
The museum is small but informative, however the real GEM is the Native American area.

I studied very much.
It is a pity that the Mayflower has not been released

Outstanding historical reenactment with local historians and super helpful visitor center. They even have an independent movie theater! Must see for families to learn history of Wampanoags and Puritans.

You learn a lot from the people there, and you can interact with them and help them as they talk to you about lives in the 1600s. I'd definitely recommend this for a school trip or just a family gathering.

This place was so great! I learned so much about how the Native Americans and Pilgrims lived during their times. Everything was so accurate and authentic. The staff and actors were so nice and answered all of our questions. There were even fun activities that people could join! They had a big military training in the middle of the village for everyone to watch/join. They all carried big, long poles that were supposed to be spears and we're taught the positions of how to hold the "spear". Great, fun place to go!

One of the best living history museums in the country. A visit of a life time! Thank you to all the amazing interpreters and all they do to bring 1627 New England alive.

Such a great day for my son's 3rd grade field trip.

Great place to learn about the early history of our country. The goats, chickens and bull were a big hit with the kids. Deep dish pizza at the craft center was an excellent choice for lunch. Our kid that doesn't like pizza gave it a thumbs up.

Very nice history actors...made history come alive. Enjoyed the setting...thanks for all the hard work to make and keep it that way! Enjoyed our homeschool Sr. Trip there!

Great place!!! Wish it wasn't so crowded. Very informative staff and guides. Amazing structures. Glad I was not a separatist back then!

Great spot, learned a lot. Activities for everyone, spread across a gorgeous piece of land.

A living museum right by the cape. I m not a history buff but the Native American and Pilgrim villages were downright facinating.

Thumbs up to the settlers who stayed in character throughout- patiently answering tourist questions theological to trivial in a Scottish/British accent, ploughing fields in 85 degree heat dressed in head to toe layered garb.

The summer and winter Native American homes were quite a sight to see.

The actors are great and very informative. Neat place.

They do an incredible job with their living history exhibits! My students enjoyed the field trip we took there and also learned about the lives of the pilgrims and had the opportunity to learn about the story of the native Americans from members of Native Nations.

Wonderful place to visit! The actors made it feel very real and it was interesting to learn about individual people's stories. I loved seeing the actors cook actual food, seeing the differeng plants they had kn their gardens, and watching the chickens and sheep they had. There were also fun activities for the kids to do.

Good look at life back in the 1620's, character themed population that give a good account of life on the settlement and if asked ablut their lives before setting off to the New World... If you lime history you will like this.... Then afterwards visit Plymouth town proper, stroll along the water front, see Plymouth Rock, even take a Whale Watching Tour.

Informative and educational, came here for the story of Thanksgiving dinner. Nothing like having Thanksgiving dinner where it first started. Food was good and learned about the history.

Went all the time as a kid and decided to go back after about 5 years, the whole trip was a disappointment. It wasnt worth the 28 dollars not even close. The pilgrim village was the better of the two but still wouldn't even consider it nice. The native village was just awful. 2 huts and a girl making a fire in a Victoria's secret sweatshirt she couldn't even dress up. The garden of corn is now a dumping ground for random tools and weeds none of the fencing there anymore. The river boardwalk is also gone now and that was honestly one of the best parts of the whole plantation but the rest of its a dump now so why would they bother fixing that i guess. Staff was rude too, if you want to visit the plantation save your money and visit the town dump instead.

Visited this place before thanksgiving, I was truly amazing to see people recreating the past. I will return!

Native American guides were so friendly and knowledgeable answering all the questions in such detail definitely a must stop on the Boston, Salem school trips

Great place to see how the pilgrims lived. They really take their roles very seriously

Very expensive for a family. Family tickets should be offerred

So they have people in full period appropriate clothing. Those that are dressed and the pilgrim clothes are in character the whole time and will interact with you like that. They have a cafeteria, the food is cafeteria food so don't expect too much more, but it's not bad or anything. They have buildings that are built like houses for that time., and Native American huts that are built historically accurate. A decent gift shop if you're into that. Fun for the family.

Great depict. Reenactors answered every question. Lots of school groups the day we were there.

We ate Thanksgiving meal at Plimoth Plantation and then enjoyed the Native American & Pilgrim dwellings. Enjoyed the Pilgrim characters. It was a very nice day.

Just walked around since we got there pretty late. Beautiful and peaceful. Great gift shop! Would love to have seen the rest.

Knowledgable experts. The village is quite small so avoid crowded times.

I google map the crap out of this place, cool place to go

Plimoth Plantation was such a place to remember! You walked in the Visitor Center where you watch a movie before you travel back in time. You can go to the craft center, and then the Native American homes for summer and winter. But the most exciting of all, was the pilgrims! They did not break character at all in the village. I saw women making pancakes, and a man making a spoon. There were small and big houses. The only thing that disappoints me was that a woman (visitor) was fighting with a man worker/staff) about how many generations can live in a Native American home.

Great experience in winter, but much better in summer and Fall.

Plimouth Plantation is my favorite living history museum. The costumed guides never lose character and are extremely knowledgable and informative. The buildings, gardens, and native American structures are wonderfully authentic. The artisans are terrific. This is a great place for both children and adults.

Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth

A great site.
An interactive museum with the actors.

The first and most interesting party is devoted to the Indians.
following the visit this fact in the village of settler.

In the building you can learn a lot about the time.
A direct descendant of the Indians from the great lakes makes Indian cranial ornaments. chat with him and he will teach you a lot about the past.
The people playing roles in the two villages make you live as if you were there.
Very informative and without being off-putting.

Good visit

If you combine a trip to the Grist Mill with a walk around Plimouth Plantation...while making sure to stop to talk with/listen to the historical information that these highly knowledgeable employees have to share, it is a fun and educational day trip for a family.

This place is amazing. Lots of history. Great place to take the family.

It is really interesting to see but they really could do so much more there

Interesting to hear the history from the native american and from the settlers. Learned a lot and a nice 2 hour walk!

You literally feel like you were there. Fall is the perfect time to visit.

Enjoyed visiting with out group of 3rd and 4th graders. The staff is welcoming, knowledgable and friendly.

The young man of native origin in the summer house was awesome. When everyone left, I asked him what he liked to talk about. He basically said he started out wanting to share those things, but most people weren't too interested, so he mostly just answers the questions. He did finally begin to open up about environmental concerns, like how we can spread diseases and things, not only to the people but environments through travel. He told me about what a modern journalist goes through just to be able to contact any of the few isolated people groups in South America. Mid sentence, a new arrival to the room interrupted him asking a question that had nothing to do with our conversation. The young lady in the winter house also gave lots of insight, saying basically that her ancestors helped the pilgrims because they thought it too cruel to let them starve. They did it even though they didn't like or trust them. Stuff you seldom hear, and they seldom get a chance to share, I'm sure. Their ancestors were more than just human. They were awesome!

America's home town history. Very authentic and all play well to the characters. Loved the art the we're making and the history story itself. What a tough life. Also be sure to see the rock and many downtown merchants

I would have given more stars until we walked into the barn. For 32.00 per person, you would think they could afford treatment for Hyacinth the llama. As you can see in the photos she is in bad shape which is heartbreaking because she is social and sweet. This is clearly a TERRIBLE bacterial infection of the conjunctiva, but has been allowed to run rampant so long that it has misshapen her lower eyelid. I find it shameful she's left in the barn out of sight out if mind and clearly miserable. At this point, I would be surprised if she has not suffered permanent ulceration or damage. How about you take the 64.00 my husband and I just paid to walk around for an hour, and purchase some penicillin...3cc per 100lbs 2x per day might do it, and you'll probably need some antibiotic ointment as well. Time and a few bucks out of what you're raking in is all that it will cost you...but Hyacinth will be happier once she's not weathering the chance of blindness or septic infection.

We came here in August 2014.

Very educational tour. The Colonists are character actors, who answer your questions in character. A few tourists tried unsuccessfully to stump them. The Native American educators are from different tribes across the country, educating participants on the local tribe's past.

There is a lot of walking. Wear Off to keep away mosquitos and ticks in the woodsy areas. Wear comfortable shoes. Once you enter the villages, there aren't opportunities to purchase snacks or drinks. If you think you'll be thirsty, carry a water bottle.

If you have an outdoor museum membership, be sure to use it so you can get tickets at a reduced price.

Always enjoy our visits to the Plantation. The Native American portion of the museum is done in third person. (They participate in the present time, dressed in period costume) The pilgrims are in first person. (They present themselves as they're living in the 1620's complete with the dialect of their village of origin) I have always enjoyed stepping back in time In this way.