The Pilgrim Society and Pilgrim Hall Museum (“PHM” or the “Museum”) provides the content and images on its website in support of its mission to advance awareness of Plymouth history. PHM welcomes visitors to use its online content for personal, educational, and other non-commercial purposes. By using the PHM website, users (“you”) indicate your unconditional acceptance of and agree to abide by the following terms and conditions of use (“Terms of Use”). Please be sure to review the Terms of Use as they may be changed or updated from time to time.

THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY TO ALL USERS OF THE PHM WEBSITE AND APPLY TO ALL PILGRIM HALL MUSEUM ONLINE FEATURES AND SERVICES.

Scope of Service

The Museum maintains this website as a service to users subject to these Terms of Use. The term “website” includes all online features and services made available by the Museum. Users of this website are responsible for obtaining any equipment and Internet service necessary to access our website and for paying any fees for the equipment and service you select. The Museum may alter, suspend, or discontinue this website in whole or in part, at any time and for any reason, without notice. The website may also periodically become unavailable due to maintenance or malfunction of computer equipment or for other reasons.

Intellectual Property Rights in Content

Unless otherwise noted, the content contained on this website is the property of the Museum and/or its affiliates or licensors, and is protected under applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. The term “content” means all information, data, text, script, graphics, logos, photos, images, sound, music, videos, links, software, interactive features or other material accessible through the website, whether created by the Museum or provided by others and used with their permission in accordance with applicable law.

The content may contain typographical or other inadvertent errors or inaccuracies. The Museum reserves the right to make changes to any content on this website without obligation to issue any notice of such changes.

The reproduction, redistribution, publication, and/or exploitation of any materials and/or content for personal or commercial gain is not permitted. Provided the source is cited, personal and educational use (as defined by fair use in U.S. copyright law) is permitted in compliance with our Terms of Use. Any reproduction of text or images from this site in a publication (with the exception of news reporting/news commentary) is not permitted without written permission from PHM. All parties using, printing, or downloading materials and/or content from the PHM web pages in any manner represent and warrant (1) that they understand and will observe the limitations on the use of the materials and/or content; and (2) that they will not infringe or violate the rights of any other party. It is your responsibility to determine what permission(s) you require to use the content and to obtain such permission. Please contact curator@pilgrimhall.org with any questions concerning rights and reproductions of PHM content.

Permitted Uses

PHM welcomes you to make fair use of the available content as defined by copyright law. Information on United States copyright fair use law is available from the United States copyright office (www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html). Please note that you are responsible for determining whether your use is fair use and for responding to any claims that may arise from your use.

In addition, PHM allows personal, educational, and other non-commercial uses of content on the following terms. These terms must be followed for the fair use of PHM content.

– You must cite the author and the source as you would material from any printed work.

– You must also cite and link to (if possible) the Pilgrim Hall Museum website as the source of the content.

– You may not remove any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices including attribution information, credits, and notices that are placed in or near the content. You may also not add your own copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices to content owned by the Museum.

You may not use any content in any form belonging to Pilgrim Hall Museum for commercial purposes without the express written permission of the Museum. This means that you may not sell the content or sell materials, products, or services that use and incorporate the content, nor may you use the content to promote or advertise products or services. If you wish to use content owned by the Museum for any purpose beyond the permitted uses stated above, such as commercial use and publication, you must obtain prior written permission from Pilgrim Hall Museum. Written permission and high-resolution images are given on a case-by-case basis; Pilgrim Hall Museum reserves the right to deny permission of the reproduction of its materials for any reason. Please send your permission request and any other related inquiries to curator@pilgrimhall.org.

Pilgrim Hall Museum reserves the right to change these terms of use without notice; changes shall be effective upon posting. Failure of Pilgrim Hall Museum to enforce any of these terms shall not constitute a waiver of such terms. By using the Pilgrim Hall Museum website, you represent and warrant that your use will be consistent with these terms of use, including fair use.