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Exhibitions

The Flynt Center of Early New England Life at Historic Deerfield has dramatically enhanced public access to the museum’s nationally acclaimed decorative arts collections. Set back from the village street at the edge of a pumpkin field, and in line with several 19th-century barns, the Flynt Center is fully accessible to all visitors with a dramatic entrance into a lobby that leads to exhibition galleries.

Now showing:
Hadley Sampler: An Anniversary Celebration on view through January 31, 2010.
Into the Woods: Crafting Early American Furniture
a long-term exhibition with changing elements, on view through 2013.
Engraved Powder Horns from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The William H. Guthman Collection
permanent.
Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery

a permanent exhibition with changing elements.

Coming Soon:
What’s New?  Recent Acquisitions at Historic Deerfield  opening February 13, 2010.

Recent Exhibitions:
Stimulating Beverages: Tea, Coffee and Chocolate Wares at Historic Deerfield (February 14-August 9, 2009)

What’s New: Recent Acquisitions at Historic Deerfield, 2007-2008 (August 30, 2008-February 1, 2009)

Clothes Make the Man: The Colonial Gentleman in New England (March 29 - August 17, 2008).

Please call Historic Deerfield at (413) 775-7214 if you have any questions.  

We look forward to your visit!

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    2010 Open Hearth Cooking Classes Announced

    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 2010.

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    Winter Lectures to Make Heads or Tails of Colonial Numismatics

    The 2010 winter lecture series is titled “A Freshly Minted Democracy: Coins and Medals in Early America.” All of the lectures will be offered at 2 p.m. at the White Church Community Center, and are free and open to the public.

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    Winter Hours 2009-2010 : Flynt Center Open Weekends

    The Flynt Center of Early New England Life is open Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 5, 2009–April 11, 2010, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. The museum will reopen for the 2010 Regular Season on Saturday, April 17, 2010. Enjoy current exhibitions (see box at lower right) and “The Museum’s Attic” gallery. Seasonal Winter Admission (except where noted for Special Events): $7 Adults, $5 Youth (ages 6-17), under 6 and members free.

Programs

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    Paul Revere and Beyond: Understanding 18th-Century New England Silver

    Join curators and a master craftsman for a day of exploration of Historic Deerfield’s lustrous treasures, the art and mystery of silversmithing, and the manufacturers of early New England silver, especially focusing on the work of Paul Revere.  Click here for an information and registration form.

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    Dressing New England: Clothing, Fashion, and Identity

    The thirty-fifth annual meeting in the Seminar series, Dressing New England: Clothing, Fashion, and Identity will take place in Deerfield, Massachusetts, on the weekend of June 18 and 19, 2010. The program will consist of approximately seventeen lectures of twenty minutes each, with related tours; selected papers will appear as the 2010 Annual Proceedings of the Dublin Seminar to be issued about eighteen months after the conference.

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    New England Self-Fashioning: Portraits and Presentations, 1700-1950

    This one-day symposium will be held at Collins Cinema, Wellesley College.  Free and open to the public, but seating is limited.

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    The Medals of the American Congress 1776-1780: A History of George Washington's Personal Set at the MHS

     

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    Paul Revere and Beyond: Understanding 18th-Century New England Silver

    Join curators and a master craftsman for a day of exploration of Historic Deerfield’s lustrous treasures, the art and mystery of silversmithing, and the manufacturers of early New England silver, especially focusing on the work of Paul Revere.  Click here for an information and registration form.

Exhibitions

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    Opening of New Exhibition Hadley Sampler: An Anniversary Celebration

    Settled in 1659, the nearby town of Hadley, Massachusetts, now celebrates its 350th anniversary. To recognize its important role in the Connecticut River Valley, Historic Deerfield has gathered together almost twenty objects in its collection connected to the rich history of Hadley.

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    Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery [Winter Hours 2009]

    Examine one of the finest collections of early American textiles and costumes ever assembled!

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    Engraved Powder Horns from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The Guthman Collection [Winter Hours 2009]

    View 75 powder horns that offer a wealth of documentary information about the original owners and carvers who created them.

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    Engraved Powder Horns from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The William H. Guthman Collection [2009]

    View 75 powder horns that offer a wealth of documentary information about the original owners and carvers who created them.

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    Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery

    Examine one of the finest collections of early American textiles and costumes ever assembled!

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    Into the Woods: Crafting Early American Furniture

    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.

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    Clothes Make the Man: The Colonial Gentleman in New England

    See recent acquisitions of men’s clothing, including the “Freedom Suit” owned by Jacob Brown (1736-1816) from the Concord Museum, that illustrate men’s fashions during the 1700s.

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    Engraved Powder Horns from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The William H. Guthman Collection [Winter Hours]

    View 75 powder horns that offer a wealth of documentary information about the original owners and carvers who created them.

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    Engraved Powder Horns from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The William H. Guthman Collection

    View 75 powder horns that offer a wealth of documentary information about the original owners and carvers who created them.

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    Into the Woods: Crafting Early American Furniture [Winter Hours]

    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.

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    Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery [Winter Hours]

    Examine one of the finest collections of early American textiles and costumes ever assembled!

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    Hadley Sampler: An Anniversary Celebration [Winter Hours]

    The town of Hadley, Massachusetts is celebrating its 350th Anniversary and to help observe this occasion, Historic Deerfield will showcase objects from the town. Hadley Sampler: An Anniversary Celebration is on view at the Flynt Center of Early New England Life through January 31, 2010. Included with general admission.

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    Pursuing Refinement in Rural New England 1750-1850

    How people in a rural area acquired objects and knowledge to improve themselves and the society in which they lived.

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    The Woodworkers of Windsor

    A look at the distinctive styles and techniques brought by joiners from England to the town of Windsor’s early furniture.

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    Hadley Chests

    Distinctive in design and construction, Hadley chests are discussed in the context of life in western Massachusetts.

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    Delftware at Historic Deerfield 1600-1800

    This collection catalogue introduces a wide range of topics pertaining to tin-glazed ceramics or delftware. Chapters organized by function rather than chronology or decoration, review the variety of delftware forms in the museum’s collection, that range from posset pots to punch bowls. The book’s introductory chapters explore the background of collecting delftware at Historic Deerfield, the history of delftware manufacturing, and its sale and consumption in the Connecticut River Valley.

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    Quilts

    Changing fashion, textile technology, economics and culture as represented by the Historic Deerfield collection of quilts.

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    Images of America: Deerfield, Massachusetts

    A compilation of photos from Deerfield’s past with a brief history of the town.

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    Landscape and Material Life in Franklin County Massachusetts

    Examines the choices open to people living in an agrarian culture and how they adjusted to the coming of an industrial order.

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    Old Deerfield Massachusetts

    80 pages of full color photos by Richard Cheek celebrating the four seasons in the historic village.

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    Historic Deerfield Baseball Cap

    Support Historic Deerfield with this 100% cotton twill cap.

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    American Heritage Chocolate - Chocolate Block

    Grate or shave the Chocolate Block on your favorite dessert, or melt and drizzle on a bowl of ice cream.  Also great for baking.

    American Heritage Chocolate - from the Historic Division of Mars, Inc.

    5.13 oz.Block

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    Doorways of Deerfield Poster

    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”

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    Wool Rug- Deerfield Village Scene

    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’.

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