In 1626, a ship foundered in stormy seas and wrecked on Cape Cod, where the passengers were aided by the local Indigenous population and the Pilgrims in nearby Plymouth. Now the most in-depth ...

In 1863, two men discovered what they believed was a 1626 shipwreck off Cape Cod. A ship known to be carrying pilgrims. New research indicates they were right. New analysis links timbers to the ...

Plymouth’s Pilgrim Hall Museum took part in a new scientific investigation of timbers from a shipwreck known as the “Sparrow-Hawk” to help prove they belonged to a small 17th-century ship that crossed ...

PLYMOUTH – Modern science has reinforced the long-held belief that the ship that carried the first Irish immigrants to America is now stored in bubble wrap in the basement of Pilgrim Hall Museum. An ...

A team of scientists in Massachusetts has examined the timbers of a famous shipwreck in an attempt to prove that the wood belonged to a 17th-century vessel that brought Irish indentured servants to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This object is on loan to the ...