The Museum and Visitor Center at Pemaquid
 Begin your
visit to Colonial Pemaquid with a visit to the museum and
visitor center. Here you will see selections from more than
75,000 artifacts which archaeologists have excavated from
the site of the fishing village and forts dating from the
first quarter of the 17th century.
Displays feature scenes and items relating to
the area's history, including the Wawenock tribe of Native
Americans, a trading post, tavern, fishing, blacksmithing,
and a typical archeological excavation. Other cases also house
examples of English and European ceramics -- such as a German
Bellarmine jug and samples of
Delftware and Rheinish pottery, Portuguese and Spanish majolica,
and Staffordshire combed slipware -- a variety of English
glass bottles and stemware, pottery, hardware and small objects
used in the home. Interestingly enough, an understanding of
how many of the objects were used and appreciated has come
from studying paintings of the Dutch School, which show items
similar to the snuff boxes, jars, tiles, pipes, dishes and
glass ware found at Pemaquid.
 A diorama depicts what buildings might have looked like on the
foundations thus far excavated at Pemaquid, which date across
a 100 year period from 1630 through the mid-1700's.
The museum is open and staffed from Memorial Day weekend
through September 1 every day from 9-5. Admission is part
of the Colonial Pemaquid day use fee -- which includes the
Fort, Fort House and Museum. Adults over 65 may enter free of charge. The phone number
is 207-677-2423. |
