All activities are included with admission: $10 adult; $9 senior; $6 youth; free to ages 5 and younger, and to Friends members
11:30 a.m. Visit the Woodland Indian Hamlet to learn how the Yacocomico people created canoes without metal tools, and how fire could be a most valuable tool. (approximately 20 minutes)
12:30 p.m. How did the colonists survive without modern medical knowledge and medicines? Come to Smith’s Ordinary and its nearby garden, to discover what the Maryland colonists did, and how it affected the way they lived. (approximately 30 minutes)
1:30 p.m. Learn how and why the crew of Maryland Dove uses the ship’s cannons, and why they are called murtherers (the cannons, not the crew). It ends with a bang, so don’t forget to cover your ears. (approximately 20 minutes)
2:30 p.m. How would you prepare your food and drink without a refrigerator, stove, or microwave? Compare and contrast bachelor cooking at the Tenant House with the experienced cooking of the Main House family and servants, as you learn how food was prepared more than 300 years ago. (approximately 20 minutes)