At the Crafts Center, you have the unique opportunity to meet and talk with Plimoth Plantation's skilled potters, tailors, basket maker and joiner (furniture maker). From colorful earthenware dishes for serving corn porridge to finely carved chests for storing household linens, from sturdy willow baskets for gathering herbs to the numerous pleats sewn into a heavy wool petticoat , you will see our artisans reproducing many of the beautiful, fascinating and functional objects being used in the 1627 English Village and on board Mayflower II.

The artisans in the Crafts Center are modern craftspeople plying historical trades, using many of the same techniques, materials and types of tools used more than 350 years ago in England and Europe. Please note that unlike the costumed role players in the 1627 English Village, these artisans speak from a 21st-century perspective. You can ask them questions relating to the present as well as to the past.

After your visit to the Crafts Center, be sure to stop by the adjacent specialty museum shop. Browse through a selection of distinctive pottery and baskets made by our artisans. You will also find a selection of other items including books and handmade glassware, soaps and jewelry. Take a little bit of the past home with you!

hours: from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, 7 days a week March 22 through November 30, 2008
address: 137 Warren Avenue, Plymouth, MA 02360 USA
telephone: 1 + 508 746 1622