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Historic St. Mary's City

Historic St. Mary's City is a museum in St. Mary's City, MD, part of the Washington DC guide. Cost: under $25. Outdoor living-history exhibits are open mid-March through November; visitor center hours are reduced in winter.

18751 Hogaboom Lane, St. Mary's City, MD 20686 · St. Mary's City, MD

Why you should go…

Historic St. Mary's City is an outdoor museum of history and archaeology on the site of Maryland's first permanent English settlement, founded in 1634. Reconstructed exhibits include a 17th-century tobacco plantation, a Woodland Indian hamlet, a square-rigged tall ship replica and the 1676 State House. The site has been a National Historic Landmark since 1969 and sits alongside an active archaeological dig.

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