Pilgrim Monument & Museum

Description

The Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum’s collection is a combination of the collections of the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association (CCPMA), the private non-profit founded to build the Pilgrim Monument, and the collections of the Provincetown Historical Museum, which was operated by the Research Club of Provincetown, Inc. from 1923 to 1956. In August 1956 the membership of the CCPMA voted to accept the Historical Museum collection, agreeing to serve as stewards of the collection for future generations.

The Pilgrim Monument was founded in 1892 as the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association—Cape Cod’s oldest not-for-profit organization. Its purpose is to commemorate the Mayflower Pilgrims’ first landing in the New World in Provincetown, in November 1620. Here the Pilgrims spent 5 weeks exploring the tip of Cape Cod, before they sailed on to Plymouth. They also drew up and signed the Mayflower Compact, which established the rule of law for the new land.

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