Welcome to Historic Deerfield

Spend a day in old New England. Visit Historic Deerfield, an authentic 18th-century English settlement in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts. Tour beautifully restored museum houses with period architecture and furnishings. See yankee ingenuity at work in demonstrations of colonial-era trades. And explore our world-famous collection of early American crafts, ceramics, furniture, textiles and metalwork. It’s a celebration of New England heritage.

“The people were incredible, the museum a gem… Thank you so much for a truly wonderful experience.” 
- Scott F. from East Hampton, CT

Plan Your Visit Around These Upcoming Events

  • Tea Talk: Ritual and Refinement in Early New England Parlors

    March 2, 2013 - February 16, 2014. 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

    New exhibit now on view in the Flynt Center Lobby.

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  • Three Bags Full: All About Wool

    April 15, 2013 - June 30, 201312:00 pm - 4:30 pm

    April 15-21, April 27 and 28, 2013. Every Saturday and Sunday May 4 through June 30, 2013. 

    From Colonial times to the present, spring has been the season for shearing sheep. The first step in this process is washing the wool, followed by: picking, carding, spinning and dyeing. Visitors can participate in many of these steps and make a project to take home.

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  • Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Bottom of the Barrel

    May 11, 2013 - May 25, 201310:00 am - 4:00 pm

    By the end of winter, early New Englanders had just about used up their supply of stored and preserved food. Discover the meaning of “scraping the bottom of the barrel” and learn why people of the past eagerly awaited the first fresh foods in spring. 

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  • Ordinary to Extraordinary: Folk Art Studio!

    July 6, 2013 - August 18, 201312:00 pm - 4:30 pm

    Visitors will have an opportunity to connect with folk art that is on display throughout the village, and through art activities at the History Workshop. 

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  • Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Hot Weather, Cold Hearth

    July 6, 2013 - July 27, 201310:00 am - 4:00 pm

    During the hot summer, come learn how people in early New England kept cool, and preserved summer produce. Our open hearth cooks will demonstrate how to make cooling beverages including lemonade and switchel. See what’s growing when you visit the Cooks’ Garden dedicated to the memory of Margaret Quinn Orloske.

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