Detail of the new wampum belt for The Box. (SmokeSygnals, Massachusetts, USA)
Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America will be displayed next to The Boxâs major
Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy exhibition in England, which tells a shared transatlantic history
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Concurrent celebrations which began in 2020 at Plimoth Patuxet Museums (formerly Plimoth Plantation) in Massachusetts include the return of a newly restored
Mayflower II, Plimoth s full-scale reproduction of the tall ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth (Mass.) in 1620.Â
The Box, Plymouth s (UK) major new museum, gallery and archive, first opened its doors to visitors in September 2020 and is re-opening May 18 following a five-month closure due to COVID-19.