Hand hooked wool rug depicting 7 of our village buildings in Springtime. Taken from a painting by Anne Bell Robb, a MA artist. 2’ x 3’.
2010 American Heritage Chocolate Celebration
February 13, 2010
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Visitor Center at Hall Tavern
Looking to satisfy both the history buff and the sweet tooth in you? There is no better way than to enjoy a fun-filled day with sweet chocolate aromas, captivating lectures, and most important—chocolate treats! The seventh annual American Heritage Chocolate Celebration at Historic Deerfield is an exploration of everything chocolate including a sumptuous array of gourmet chocolate desserts, foods, and beverages prepared by Champney’s Restaurant & Tavern at the Deerfield Inn. Click here for a schedule of activities.
Throughout the day, enjoy a wide range of activities including Valentine-themed family-friendly arts and crafts, wagon rides, demonstrations, lectures, and tours of museum houses. Also back by popular demand—American Heritage Chocolate® will be featured in a wide variety of rich dishes, as will be for sale at the Museum Store. A re-creation of colonial American chocolate produced by the Historic Division of Mars, Inc., American Heritage Chocolate® is the perfect way to experience chocolate as early New Englanders did.
It’s a chocolate-filled weekend that is sure to please chocolate experts and lovers alike. Curator of Historic Interiors, Amanda Lange, will present her research on chocolate in early New England in a talk titled “Sweet Concoctions: A History of Chocolate in Early America.” Bob Heiss, food professional and owner/proprietor of Cooks Shop Here in Northampton, MA, will give a special talk and tasting titled “Exploring and Tasting a Favorite Treat.” Rick Lopez, Associate Professor of History from Amherst College will present “Chocolate: Drink of Empire.” Visit with Susan McLellan Plaisted, Proprietress of Heart to Hearth Cookery, as she roasts cacao beans by the hearth and grinds them on a metate, and discover how cacao grows and hear about the special little insect that pollinates the plant.
Historic Deerfield guides will also present highlights tours of the Museum’s Attic focusing on collections associated with the preparation and serving of stimulating beverages, such as tea, coffee and chocolate. See master silversmith Steve Smithers as he works to recreate a silver chocolate pot from the Historic Deerfield collection. Taste American Heritage Chocolate®, and create your own Valentine using decorative papers. Special Event Admission: Adults $12,Youth (6-17) $5, under 6 and members free.
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Historic Deerfield welcomes all interested in learning more about the stories of 1704 to participate in a one-day symposium on March 3, 2012, that will focus on what we know about the Deerfield Raid. Our program will bring together scholars with museum staff and interested public to investigate the context of the Raid itself and its outcomes.
In 2012, the Historic Deerfield Open Hearth Cooking Program will enter its 25th year of service! To celebrate this special occasion, scholars and experts will come together on three Sundays this winter to delve into the savory and seductive world of food and gardening in a winter lecture series titled “Gathering, Gardening, Preserving: Exploring Local Food in New England.”
Programs
The Flynt Center of Early New England Life is open Saturdays and Sundays, December 3, 2011–April 8, 2012, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (except December 24-25). Historic Deerfield’s museum houses are closed to the public during the winter months (December–mid-April), although pre-arranged tours-by-appointment, school tours and group tours can still be scheduled. For more information, please call (413) 775-7132 or e-mail lmiskinis [at] historic-deerfield [dot] org. The museum will reopen for the 2012 season on Saturday, April 14.
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic foodways and hearth management. A series of seven one-day classes has been scheduled for Saturdays in February and March 2012. For program information, please contact Claire Carlson at ccarlson [at] historic-deerfield [dot] org or 413-775-7217.
Homeschool families are invited for a special program for ages 8 and up. Participants will work cooperatively to prepare a simple lunch that they will eat together, enjoy learning about natural fibers and how they were used to produce useful and decorative textiles, and participate in handwork as they make a project to take home. A visit to a historic building is also included in the day. Pre-registration by February 1 is required.
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic foodways and hearth management. A series of seven one-day classes has been scheduled for Saturdays in February and March 2012. For program information, please contact Claire Carlson at ccarlson [at] historic-deerfield [dot] org or 413-775-7217.
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic foodways and hearth management. A series of seven one-day classes has been scheduled for Saturdays in February and March 2012. For program information, please contact Claire Carlson at ccarlson [at] historic-deerfield [dot] org or 413-775-7217.
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic foodways and hearth management. A series of seven one-day classes has been scheduled for Saturdays in February and March 2012. For program information, please contact Claire Carlson at ccarlson [at] historic-deerfield [dot] org or 413-775-7217.
The second lecture in the 2012 Winter lecture series will be delivered by John Forti on February 26. Forti is Curator of Historic Gardens and Landscapes at Strawbery Banke Museum, and co-author of American Household Botany: A History of Useful Plants, 1620-1900.
Historic Deerfield welcomes all interested in learning more about the stories of 1704 to participate in a one-day symposium on March 3, 2012, that will focus on what we know about the Deerfield Raid. Our program will bring together scholars with museum staff and interested public to investigate the context of the Raid itself and its outcomes. Click here to view the agenda.
ick up a free copy of this new walking tour aimed at interpreting village sites connected to the Deerfield Raid of 1704 at the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. At 4:30 p.m. the public is invited to attend a free scholarly talk by Kevin Sweeney, Professor of History at Amherst College, entitled “The 1704 Deerfield Raid and Its Aftermath.” Pre-registration for this talk is required.
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic foodways and hearth management. A series of seven one-day classes has been scheduled for Saturdays in February and March 2012. For program information, please contact Claire Carlson at ccarlson [at] historic-deerfield [dot] org or 413-775-7217.
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic foodways and hearth management. A series of seven one-day classes has been scheduled for Saturdays in February and March 2012. For program information, please contact Claire Carlson at ccarlson [at] historic-deerfield [dot] org or 413-775-7217.
Sandra L. Oliver will present the third and final lecture, “Banbury, Succotash, and Bannocks: Transplants, Natives, and Universals in New England Cookery,” closing out the 2012 Winter Lecture Series. Oliver is an Independent Food Historian, and author of Food in Colonial and Federal America.
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic foodways and hearth management. A series of seven one-day classes has been scheduled for Saturdays in February and March 2012. For program information, please contact Claire Carlson at ccarlson [at] historic-deerfield [dot] org or 413-775-7217.
In Spring 2012, Amanda Lange, Curatorial Department Chair and Curator of Historic Interiors at Historic Deerfield, will offer a three-week course introducing the new collector, student, or the curious to the fascinating area of 18th-century English earthenwares and stonewares.
Exhibitions
Explore over 20 highlights from Historic Deerfield’s collection ranging from well-loved favorites and overlooked gems to recent acquisitions and objects with new stories to tell. Included with general admission.
Examine one of the finest collections of early American textiles and costumes ever assembled!
Be one of the first to visit this new exhibition features objects drawn from Historic Deerfield’s collection, many with local histories. On view through February 17, 2013.
View 75 powder horns that offer a wealth of documentary information about the original owners and carvers who created them.
Explore a dazzling array of masterworks by famous American cabinetmakers including Duncan Phyfe and Honoré Lannuier, Samuel McIntire, John and Thomas Seymour, and John Townsend. Included with general admission.
Be one of the first to visit this new exhibition features objects drawn from Historic Deerfield’s collection, many with local histories. On view through February 17, 2013.
Museum Store
80 pages of full color photos by Richard Cheek celebrating the four seasons in the historic village.
Support Historic Deerfield with this 100% cotton twill cap.
New! Doorways of Deerfield features 16 historic houses and buildings throught the village of Old Deerfield. Under each doorway is the name of the house or building. Photographer Dan Dougherty. Poster comes rolled ready for you to frame. 18” x 24”
