Historic St. Mary’s City is a living history museum with outdoor exhibits and plenty of opportunities for hands-on learning. Explore over three hundred acres with walking trails. The museum also has a serene view of the St. Mary’s River.
The museum has four main outdoor exhibits: a Woodland Indian village, the “town center,” Maryland Dove (a tall wooden ship), and a tobacco plantation. Historical interpreters are dressed in 17th-century period clothing at the town center, Maryland Dove, and tobacco plantation when discussing the present day and the past. Hands-on opportunities include a printing press (a Franklin press), hearth cooking,
17th-century games, archery, weaving, simple navigation on a ship, knot tying, and more! The tobacco plantation also has livestock - heritage breed cows, chickens, and pigs and is the most popular with younger visitors.
Historic St. Mary’s City is a living history museum with outdoor exhibits and plenty of opportunities for hands-on learning. Explore over three hundred acres with walking trails. The museum also has a serene view of the St. Mary’s River.
The museum has four main outdoor exhibits: a Woodland Indian village, the “town center,” Maryland Dove (a tall wooden ship), and a tobacco plantation. Historical interpreters are dressed in 17th-century period clothing at the town center, Maryland Dove, and tobacco plantation when discussing the present day and the past. Hands-on opportunities include a printing press (a Franklin press), hearth cooking,
17th-century games, archery, weaving, simple navigation on a ship, knot tying, and more! The tobacco plantation also has livestock - heritage breed cows, chickens, and pigs and is the most popular with younger visitors.
What You Should Know...
Open:
Seasonally: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
Hours:Closed Today. Opens Sun
10:00am -
4:00pm
10:00am -
4:00pm
10:00am -
4:00pm
10:00am -
4:00pm
10:00am -
4:00pm
Cost: Less than $25
Payment: Cash, MC, Visa, AMEX, Discover
Discounts: Seniors, Groups
Available: Self-Guided Tour, Guided Tour
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Wear comfortable shoes, dress for the weather, bring a reuseable water bottle (there are refill stations at the museum)
Fun Facts
Maryland’s first capital
Site of the first coffee house in British America (1680s)
Site of Margaret Brent requesting the right to vote (first woman to do so in the colonies (1648))
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Historic St. Mary’s City is a living history museum with outdoor exhibits and plenty of opportunities for hands-on learning. Explore over three hundred acres with walking trails. The museum also has a serene view of the St. Mary’s River.
The museum has four main outdoor exhibits: a Woodland Indian village, the “town center,” Maryland Dove (a tall wooden ship), and a tobacco plantation. Historical interpreters are dressed in 17th-century period clothing at the town center, Maryland Dove, and tobacco plantation when discussing the present day and the past. Hands-on opportunities include a printing press (a Franklin press), hearth cooking,
17th-century games, archery, weaving, simple navigation on a ship, knot tying, and more! The tobacco plantation also has livestock - heritage breed cows, chickens, and pigs and is the most popular with younger visitors.
Wear comfortable shoes, dress for the weather, bring a reuseable water bottle (there are refill stations at the museum)
Fun Facts
Maryland’s first capital
Site of the first coffee house in British America (1680s)
Site of Margaret Brent requesting the right to vote (first woman to do so in the colonies (1648))
SPECIALS
Senior Thursdays
Visitors ages 60 and older enjoy FREE admission on the first Thursday of each month. Enter through the Visitor Center or The Shop at Farthing’s Ordinary for tickets and orientation materials.
Visitors ages 60 and older enjoy FREE admi...
Visitors ages 60 and older enjoy FREE admission on the first Thursday of each month. Enter through the Visitor Center or The Shop at Farthing’s Ordinary for tickets and orientation materials.