Museums and Societies

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Plimoth Plantation Museum. Consists of a reconstructed living history museum representing 1627 Plymouth, along with Native American interpretation at a reconstructed Hobomok's Homesite. The Plimoth Plantation also maintains and occasionally sails a full-scale reproduction of the Mayflower.
Pilgrim Hall Museum. Houses nearly all of the surviving Mayflower "relics", including the cradle of Peregrine White, the portrait of Edward Winslow, the Bible of William Bradford, the sword of Myles Standish, the original Pierce Patent of 1621, and much more.
General Society of Mayflower Descendants. This is the so-called "Mayflower Society," whose members must first document (through primary source records) their direct descent from a Mayflower passenger. The Society publishes the Mayflower Quarterly, and funds and publishes genealogical research into the Mayflower passengers' descendants via its Five Generations project. The General Society consists of State and regional societies. Some of the more active societies include:
Mayflower Family Lineage Societies
- Alden Kindred of America. This lineage society is for descendants of Mayflower passenger John Alden who can document their descent with primary source records. The Kindred is responsible for maintaining the Alden House in Duxbury, which was built by John Alden in the 1650s.
- Pilgrim John Howland Society. An active society with a web site containing information about John Howland, the Jabez Howland house, the Elizabeth Tilley shallop, and archaeological excavations at the Rocky Nook homesite of John Howland.
- Pilgrim Edward Doty Society. An active society for descendants of Edward Doty. Their newsletters are accessible from this website as well.
- Soule Kindred in America. An active society for the descendants of George Soule.
- Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society. Founded in 2005 to perpetuate the memory of the Hopkins family that came on the Mayflower.
- Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred. A society dedicated to Henry Samson.
- Elder William Brewster Society. A society dedicated to Elder William Brewster.
- Myles Standish Society. A society dedicated to Captain Myles Standish.