Leiden American Pilgrim Museum

The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum is a small museum in the Dutch city of Leiden dedicated to the Pilgrim Fathers or without a doubt Pilgrims. These Separatists or English Dissenters were non secular refugees who had fled England to Amsterdam in 1608 and moved to Leiden the next 12 months. They lived and labored in that metropolis for approximately 12 to twenty years. In 1620, their emigration started out. They left Leiden by way of canal, going to Delfshaven in which they embarked on the "Speedwell," which took them to Southampton. But the Speedwell proved leaky and had to be bought, so that they transferred to the Mayflower. The Mayflower undertook the famous voyage to New England in 1620 by myself.

In the 19th century the colonists' first harvest festival after their arrival at Plymouth Colony turned into recognized as the beginning of the annual Thanksgiving party within the United States. The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum is housed in a constructing relationship to about 1365-1370. The house is positioned at Beschuitsteeg nine, subsequent to the bell tower of the Hooglandse Kerk church. The museum is operated through the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum Foundation and is open to the public Thursday through Saturday 1 to 5 p.M.