Today, this area is the site of a living museum, dedicated to recreating 17th - century lifeways in the New World.
All components are interpretive exhibits illustrating many aspects of life.
People in historic period costumes carry out their daily tasks which would have been conducted by the occupants of the settlement. Their dialect is recreates the flavor of the period as well. Last year the Plimoth Plantation has expanded their exhibits by adding the Nye Barn to provide visitors with an in-depth look at their Rare and Minor Breeds Animal Program. Visitors will be able to view the types of animals that would have inhabited the first European Settlement in Plymouth. Opened on JULY 29TH 1995, this exhibit concentrates on the 1620-1692 period, rather than just the 1620's decade, as do the other sites and exhibits at the Plantation.