{"id":2419,"date":"2019-10-15T10:54:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T14:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/philadelphia-discover-history-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-07-01T13:25:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:25:16","slug":"living-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/living-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Past is Present at these Living History Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Interactive” means more than engaging with multi-media exhibits.\u00a0 When you bring your students to one of these Living History museums, they can interact and truly engage with residents of a different time and place.<\/p>\n

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Colonial Williamsburg<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll find yourself immersed in the 18th century as you walk down Duke of Gloucester Street in Colonial Virginia’s first capitol city.\u00a0 A number of craftsmen demonstrate their trades, including blacksmithing, silversmithing and wigmaking.\u00a0 Costumed interpreters provide information about the political activities of the time.<\/p>\n

(Governor’s Palace photo credit James Demers at Pixabay)<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Amish\u00a0Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

A designated “Heritage Site,” the Amish Experience in Lancaster has been welcoming and educating students in the way of the Old Order Amish of today.\u00a0 You’ll visit the homestead, school and farmlands in an all encompassing experience.<\/p>\n

(Amish Buggy photo credit David Mark at Pixabay)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Plimoth Plantation & Wampanoag Homesite<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your students will return to the early 17th century on their visit to Plimoth Plantation, where the daily life of early colonists is vividly demonstrated, including farming, building and cooking techniques.\u00a0 At the Wampanoag Homesite, descendants of original inhabitants of the area educate visitors about the Native People’s way of life at the time.<\/p>\n

(Wampanoag Homesite photo credit Rusty Moore)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mount Vernon<\/strong><\/p>\n

A popular addition to many Washington, DC, itineraries, George Washington’s Mount Vernon introduces guests to his 18th century life.\u00a0 In addition to the mansion itself, the estate includes more than a dozen outbuildings, where the work to support its inhabitants was done.\u00a0 Visitors also learn about the history and fate of the enslaved people and our first president’s complicated relationship with slavery.\u00a0 Plan enough time to explore the expansive grounds as well as a variety of museum exhibits.<\/p>\n

(Mount Vernon photo credit skeeze at Pixabay)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mystic Seaport<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mystic Seaport Museum introduces visitors to coastal life in 19th century New England.\u00a0 America’s last wooden whaleship, the Charles W. Morgan, is a must see and an education in the important shipbuilding trade.\u00a0 All the supporting trades of the period are brought to life in the Seaport Village.<\/p>\n

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Where can we take you and your students?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Call Suburban Tours<\/a>\u00a0 at 800.431.3004 and speak with one of our tour experts or email us:\u00a0travel@suburbantours.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Interactive” means more than engaging with multi-media exhibits.\u00a0 When you bring your students to one of these Living History museums, they can interact and truly engage with residents of a different time and place. Colonial Williamsburg You’ll find yourself immersed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[78,99,98,97,96],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suburbantours.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}