Historic St. Mary's City
National Historic Landmark · St. Mary's City, Maryland
The site of Maryland's first settlement, founded in 1634, and its capital until the government moved to Annapolis in 1695. Because the town was simply abandoned rather than built over, eight hundred acres of seventeenth-century archaeology survive undisturbed beneath farmland — which makes this one of the most intact early colonial sites in North America. It is a living-history museum and an active dig at the same time, with a reconstructed 1667 state house, a brick chapel, a Yaocomaco Indian hamlet and a square-rigged ship at the landing.
18751 Hogaboom Lane, St. Mary's City, Maryland, 20686, United States
A SEASONAL SITE — this is the thing to check. Living-history programmes, costumed interpreters and the Maryland Dove generally run from spring into autumn, roughly Wednesday to Sunday; in winter much of the site is open ground with the exhibit buildings closed and no interpretation. The visitor centre and walking trails keep wider hours. Modest admission. VERIFY THE OPERATING CALENDAR BEFORE TRAVELLING — it is a two-hour drive from Washington or Baltimore.
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