Sept. 2018: 17th Century Encampment & Fields of Conflict
By admin | July 3rd, 2018 | Category: Upcoming Events | Comments Off on Sept. 2018: 17th Century Encampment & Fields of Conflict17th Century Encampment
09.21.2018 – 09.22.2018
Visit the Pequot Museum farmstead on September 21 & 22, 2018 for a unique chance to experience Native American and European life in the 17th Century! Native, English, Dutch, and French reenactors will portray different aspects of daily life (circa 1600-1700) outdoors for two full days. Visitors are encouraged to participate in a variety of activities including wampum making, cooking, militia drills, cannon drills, basket making, pottery, archery, lacrosse, children’s games and much more. See living history displays from the Pequot War (1636-1637) and King Philips War (1675-1677) period. There will also be live cooking demonstrations, a stone tool workshop where visitors can make their own arrowheads and special food dishes available in the museum restaurant. Learn how to make an arrow, corn husk dolls, dip candles, and see how pottery was made three hundred years ago.
ADMISSION:
Daily admission to this event is free with the purchase of a general admission ticket to the museum. A general admission ticket must be purchased for each day of the event.
If you are a Museum Member, there is no additional cost to attend this event.
HOURS:
Friday, September 21, 2018 from 9:00am – 4:30pm
Saturday, September 22, 2018 from 9:00am – 4:30pm
September 26-30, 2018, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center in Mashantucket, Connecticut is honored to host the Tenth Biennial International Fields of Conflict Conference. This multidisciplinary forum will discuss aspects of battlefield archaeology, Indigenous conflict and diplomacy, military history, health & trauma during conflicts and historic preservation. Our FOC Preliminary Schedule is now available.
Register Here!!!
Keynote Speaker
Keynote speaker Robert T. Ballard, USN, ret. and Professor of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island and Maritime Archeologist, will speak about discovering and interpreting the wrecks of the Titanic, Bismarck, USS Yorktown and PT-109. To register for his talk and attend the banquet dinner, please register here.
