Provincetown Skyline with Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Provincetown Skyline with Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, exhibition about Mayflower

Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, exhibition about Mayflower

Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum (PMPM)

Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Night before Thanksgiving Provincetowners and visitors from all over Cape Cod and far away participate in lighting of Pilgrim Monument

Night before Thanksgiving Provincetowners and visitors from all over Cape Cod and far away participate in lighting of the Pilgrim Monument

Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum book store and gift shop

Book store and gift shop at Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

View of Provincetown from MacMillan Pier

Provincetown Harbor

Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum (PMPM)

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Provincetown panorama with Pilgrim Monument seen from East End

Provincetown Panorama with Harbor and Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

The Pilgrim Monument commemorates the first landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620 in Provincetown Harbor where they wrote and signed the Mayflower Compact, the first written declaration of a democratic commonwealth.

At 252-feet, 7.5 inches tall and 353 feet above sea level, it is the tallest all-granite structure in the U.S. and includes 60 ramps and 116 steps.

The Monument is designed to resemble Torre Del Mangia, a 14th century tower in Siena, Italy, and is of the Italian Renaissance order of architecture.

The Museum collects, preserves, interprets, researches, exhibits, and publishes archival historical materials and exhibit materials depicting important events of Provincetown history.

1 High Pole Hill Road, Provincetown, MA, 02657-1406