Leiden American Pilgrim Museum

The colonists' first harvest festival after their arrival at Plymouth Colony was the origin of the annual Thanksgiving celebration in the United States.

The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum is housed in a building dating to about 1365–1370, located at Beschuitsteeg 9, next to the bell tower of the Hooglandse Kerk church.

The museum illustrates its Pilgrim narrative with a collection of 16th- and 17th-century maps and engravings by Gerard Mercator, Adriaen Pietersz.

Additionally, one room retains its interior from the 14th century and is furnished with pre-Reformation material, reflecting the original use of the house as a residence of priests from the Hooglandsekerk across the street.

In 2011, the museum coordinated efforts to install a bronze memorial on the ruins of Leiden's Vrouwekerk, commemorating the history of the church and its connections with colonists of Plymouth Colony and New Netherland.