Demonstrations & Lectures
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September 25, 20109:30 am - 4:30 pmJoin our open hearth cooks in demonstrations that feature apples, pumpkins, and corn this fall. Included with admission.
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October 9, 2010, repeats every Saturday until October 31, 2010.9:30 am - 4:30 pmHistoric Deerfield’s open hearth cooks will prepare select dishes that are on display in the Sheldon House, Hinsdale and Anna Williams House, and Stebbins House as part of the exhibition Dinner is Served!: Dining and the Decorative Arts. Come see “what’s cooking” and learn how these dishes were prepared in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Included with general admission.
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September 25, 201010:30 am - 4:00 pmSee demonstrations of flax dressing with Gina Gerhard. Included with general admission.
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October 2, 201010:30 am - 4:00 pmEnjoy historic trades demonstrations of hat making with Bill Wigham, and redware pottery with Rick Hamelin. Included with general admission.
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October 9, 201010:30 am - 4:00 pmSee demonstrations of architectural woodworking with Ted Ingraham, and tinsmithing with Bill McMillen. Included with general admission.
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October 10, 20109:30 am - 4:30 pm
Historic Deerfield’s open hearth cooks will prepare select dishes that are on display in the Sheldon House, Hinsdale and Anna Williams House, and Stebbins House as part of the exhibition Dinner is Served!: Dining and the Decorative Arts. Come see “what’s cooking” and learn how these dishes were prepared in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Included with general admission.
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October 10, 201010:30 am - 4:00 pm
See demonstrations of 18th-century cabinetmaking with Craig Farrow, and blacksmithing with Rick Martin. Included with general admission.
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October 16, 201010:30 am - 4:00 pmSee historic trades demonstrations of English factory-made ceramics with Don Carpentier, and broom making with Bob Aborn. Included with general admission.
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October 17, 201010:30 am - 4:00 pmSee historic trades demonstrations of tailoring with Henry Cooke, 18th-century dressmaking with Linda Oakley, and shoemaking with Peter Oakley. Included with general admission.
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October 24, 201010:30 am - 4:00 pmSee historic trades demonstrations of silversmithing with Steve Smithers. Included with general admission.
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October 30, 201010:30 am - 4:00 pmSee historic trades demonstrations of letterpress printing with Carl Darrow at the John Wilson Printing Office, and gravestone carving with Karin Sprague. Included with general admission.
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October 31, 20109:30 am - 4:30 pm
Historic Deerfield’s open hearth cooks will prepare select dishes that are on display in the Sheldon House, Hinsdale and Anna Williams House, and Stebbins House as part of the exhibition Dinner is Served!: Dining and the Decorative Arts. Come see “what’s cooking” and learn how these dishes were prepared in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Included with general admission.
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November 6, 20109:30 am - 4:30 pmCome learn about early 19th-century cookery as an open hearth cook makes dishes from “receipts” (or recipes) from The American Frugal Housewife written by Lydia Maria Child in 1829. This cookbook was one of the most widely used and reprinted cookbooks in American culinary history. Included with general admission.
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November 6, 201010:30 am - 4:00 pm
See historic trades demonstrations of coopering with Neil Muckenhoupt. Included with general admission.