Family Programs
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September 25, 2010, repeats every Sunday and every Saturday until September 26, 2010.12:00 pm - 4:30 pmNew! Join museum educators in this fun family program to learn about bees and honey. Taste different kinds of honey, and make a beeswax candle to take home. Included with general admission.
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September 15, 201010:00 am - 3:00 pmIn conjunction with the exhibition Dinner is Served!, Historic Deerfield will offer a chance for homeschool families to discuss how changing history and material culture influenced the dinner table.
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October 23, 2010, repeats every Sunday and every Saturday until October 30, 2010.12:00 pm - 4:30 pmThe kitchen was the center of activity in the Colonial era. Food preparation took a great deal of time, and children were expected to help with the many chores of meal time. Families are invited to come to the History Workshop where they can learn about making a colonial dinner through role playing.
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November 27, 2010, repeats every Sunday and every Saturday until November 28, 2010.1:00 pm - 5:30 pmFamilies will make a holiday gift to give to someone special. With thread and a needle museum educators will help visitors embroider a small design or initials on a cloth napkin. Make a unique napkin ring to go along with the napkin, and tie it up with a ribbon. Then decorate a card, and put it a gift bag. Included with general admission.
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November 26, 201012:00 pm - 5:00 pmMeet Jennifer Lee, Algonkian descendant, artist and re-enactor. Lee will be at Historic Deerfield to share material culture and customs as a historical Algonkian woman. Through basket-making demonstrations and conversation, she will help visitors understand the persistence of Native American life and culture into the present. Also enjoy open hearth cooking demonstrations, and craft a hand-made gift with the help of a museum educator. Included with general admission.
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November 27, 201010:30 am - 5:30 pmMeet members of the Society of the 17th Century, a group of re-enactors who will bring our historic Hall Tavern building to life with an incredible array of period arts, crafts, and trades that represent 17th-century English life. Included with general admission.