Demonstrations

**Schedule and exhibit availability subject to change**

All daily highlights and demonstrations are included in the cost of general admission (and FREE to members).

Demonstrations are 20 – 30 minutes in length.

MARCH 28 SCHEDULE IS BELOW

11:30 am BUILDING SHELTERS: the Yacocomico way.  At the Woodland Indian Hamlet, explore how the Yacocomico people may have constructed their homes. Through experimental archaeology, interpreters test tools and methods to uncover how these shelters were built and maintained.

12:30 pm  PRINTING PRESS.  Meet at the Print House to see a movable type printing press in action, and learn about three Maryland women who used this type of machine to change the course of history.

1:30 pm  GUNNERY. Learn how sailors would have communicated using ship’s cannons. For those with sound sensitivity, be aware there will be a loud bang heard throughout the museum.

2:30 pm  COLONIAL COOKING: Then & Now. Discover how food and drink were prepared over 300 years ago at the plantation. Compare traditional techniques and ingredients with those used in kitchens today, and gain a deeper appreciation for the art of cooking across time.

Historic St. Mary’s City also offers daily tours:

($5 fee for the tour)

Calvert House

2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday

Experience a behind-the-scenes archaeology tour at the Calvert House dig site located at the Town Center of HSMC. The archaeological work is only the first step with the ultimate goal of creating a cutting-edge interpretive exhibit to be built on and around the Calvert House site.
A costumed interpreter will give an introduction to the site, and then an archaeologist will invite the visitors to see the dig site and what they have discovered.