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Aug
20
TO Jan 4
Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes from the Ideal to the Real
August 20, 2025 - 9:30 AM - January 4, 2026 - 4:30 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
This exhibition will explore the enduring interest in clothing our bodies to achieve fashionable shapes. It will feature twenty-five ensembles from the 18th to 21st centuries drawn predominantly from Historic Deerfield’s renowned clothing collection. Displayed along with the historical garments will be the understructures – stays, corsets, hoops skirts, and bustles – that helped shape, exaggerate, or reduce bodies to fit fashionable ideals.
Aug
20
TO Jan 4
Envisioning America: Deerfield Academy’s Collection of Paintings and Drawings
August 20, 2025 - 9:30 AM - January 4, 2026 - 4:30 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
Deerfield Academy, a private boarding school located in Old Deerfield, possesses a rich collection of American art, ranging from colonial American portraiture to early 20th-century modernism. This exhibition highlights significant works of art from the Academy’s collection, many of which have not been on public view for decades.
Aug
20
TO Nov 29
Wilson Printing Office
August 20, 2025 - 9:30 AM - November 29, 2025 - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Printer-in-Residence Martin Antonetti and other guides will be on hand to demonstrate the printing process for visitors!
Aug
20
TO Nov 30
Building Archaeology at Stebbins House
August 20, 2025 - 9:30 AM - November 30, 2025 - 4:30 PM
Witness the discoveries being made and the mysteries we’re encountering as we unpeel the layers of the c. 1799 Stebbins House! Visit 16 different stations throughout the first floor, encountering panels that describe what we’re discovering and what questions we’re asking of the building.
Aug
20
TO Nov 30
Vermont Furniture from the Alley Collection
August 20, 2025 - 9:30 AM - November 30, 2025 - 4:30 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
The exhibition highlights both published and unpublished material from the Alleys’ collection, showing how these objects reveal varied techniques and ornament as well as the characteristics of the environment in which they were made.
Aug
20
TO Aug 31
Family Program: An Open Book—Fun with Historic Book Arts
August 20, 2025 - 12:00 PM - August 31, 2025 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Join us as we hit the books this summer to explore different aspects of book arts and see what you can make.
Aug
21
TO Nov 20
Natural History Walking Tour Around Old Deerfield
August 21, 2025 - 3:00 PM - November 20, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us on select Thursdays for a guided walk around Old Deerfield.
Aug
30
TO Aug 31
Historic Trade Demonstration: Suds and Surgery
August 30, 2025 - 10:00 AM - August 31, 2025 - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Join Jennfier Roy for an eighteenth-century laundry day and learn all about the fascinating history of cleaning your clothes, linens, and blankets! In addition, join Greg Morin, who will be portraying an eighteenth-century doctor, and learn about the history of medical surgery and practice.
Sep
6
Ladies’ Association of Revolutionary America: Getting Ready for Winter during Wartime
September 6, 2025 - 10:00 AM - September 6, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Discover what life was like for women and children in an 18th-century town during the early days of the American Revolution and learn about the events unfolding in Deerfield in September 1775.
Sep
6
Musick’s Recreation with Lyracle Musical Ensemble
September 6, 2025 - 7:00 PM - September 6, 2025 - 8:30 PMDeerfield Community Center (+ Google Map)
In this program, Lyracle focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial Massachusetts as well as viol players who were left out of historical records.
Sep
12
TO Sep 13
Fall Forum – Fashioning the Body: Dress in New England 1600–1900
September 12, 2025 - 9:30 AM - September 13, 2025 - 5:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Fashion has garnered great interest in recent decades and research into the history of clothing has yielded new insights into culturally embedded ideas around self-styling and the body. Yet, few studies have explored New England’s relationship with styling the body and fashionable dress. This forum will convene a group of experts in the field to explore the rich history of dressing the body and self-presentation in this region.
Sep
13
TO Sep 27
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Cooking with Heirloom Apples
September 13, 2025 - 9:30 AM - September 27, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Learn about the different varieties of apples and which ones were used for baking, cooking, and making cider.
Sep
20
TO Oct 19
Family Program: Apple Time
September 20, 2025 - 12:00 PM - October 19, 2025 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Learn about the heirloom varieties that people planted in Deerfield long ago, make art with apple stamps, and design a mini recipe booklet filled with ideas for cooking with heirloom apples at home.
Sep
27
Plein-Air Pastel Workshop
September 27, 2025 - 10:00 AM - September 27, 2025 - 3:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join pastel artist Lisa Regopoulos for a day of making art with pastels outside on the beautiful ground of Historic Deerfield!
Oct
3
TO Oct 25
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Indigenous Foods, The Three Sisters, and the Fall Harvest
October 3, 2025 - 9:30 AM - October 25, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Come visit our open-hearth cooks as they prepare “traditional” New England dishes made with Indigenous ingredients such as corn, beans, and squash.
Oct
4
Green Valley Homestead Living History Group: Life at Home During the Revolution
October 4, 2025 - 10:00 AM - October 4, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Come meet the reenactors as they demonstrate and discuss aspects of daily life such as cooking, cloth production (wool and flax), and farming.
Oct
10
TO Oct 25
Deerfield After Dark Ghost Walks
October 10, 2025 - 7:00 PM - October 25, 2025 - 7:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us for an eerie walk through the village to hear ghost stories from Deerfield.
Oct
11
Historic Trade Demonstration: Gunsmithing with Richard Colton
October 11, 2025 - 10:00 AM - October 11, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Watch a historic trade demonstration of gunsmithing with Richard Colton.
Oct
11
TO Oct 12
Historic Trade Demonstration: Architectural Woodworking Featuring Door Surrounds with Craig Farrow
October 11, 2025 - 10:00 AM - October 12, 2025 - 4:00 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
Join us at the for architectural woodworking with Craig Farrow.
Oct
11
Historic Trade Demonstration: Powder Horn Carving with Laurie McCarthy
October 11, 2025 - 10:00 AM - October 11, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us for powder horn carving with artist and reenactor Laurie McCarthy.
Oct
11
TO Oct 18
Guided Tours of the Old Burying Ground
October 11, 2025 - 1:00 PM - October 18, 2025 - 4:00 PM
Enjoy a seasonal walking tour past the Town Common and the Old Burying Ground.
Oct
12
Historic Trade Demonstration: Natural Dyes and Sewing with Holly Eckert
October 12, 2025 - 10:00 AM - October 12, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us for a demonstration of natural dyes and sewing with Holly Eckert.
Oct
12
Historic Trade Demonstration: Tinsmithing with Richard Eckert
October 12, 2025 - 10:00 AM - October 12, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us for tinsmithing with Richard Eckert.
Oct
12
Historic Trade Demonstration: Blacksmithing with Rick Martin and Friends
October 12, 2025 - 10:00 AM - October 12, 2025 - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Join us for blacksmithing with Rick Martin and friends.
Oct
18
Historic Trade Demonstration: Architectural Woodworking Featuring Joinery with Ted Ingraham
October 18, 2025 - 10:00 AM - October 18, 2025 - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Join us for architectural woodworking with Ted Ingraham.
Oct
25
TO Oct 26
Family Program: Stones and Bones
October 25, 2025 - 9:30 AM - October 26, 2025 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Learn about the stones that gravestone carvers used to make gravestones, handle rocks, and design your own paper gravestone with images inspired by the stones in the Old Burying Ground.
Oct
25
Graveyards and Gravestones: An All-Day Special Event
October 25, 2025 - 10:00 AM - October 25, 2025 - 4:00 PM
Join us for this all-day event of immersion in the world of graveyards and gravestones.
Oct
25
Historic Trade Demonstration: Gravestone Carving Demonstration with Karin Sprague
October 25, 2025 - 10:00 AM - October 25, 2025 - 4:00 PM
Watch and learn about the historic trade of gravestone carving in a demonstration from expert stone-carver, Karin Sprague.
Oct
25
Guided Afternoon Tours of the Gravestone Art of Solomon Ashley
October 25, 2025 - 1:00 PM - October 25, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Enjoy a walking tour past the Town Common and the Old Burying Ground on Albany Road.
Nov
1
TO Nov 9
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Hot Chocolate
November 1, 2025 - 9:30 AM - November 9, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Come and learn about the complex history of chocolate and how it fits into Deerfield’s story.
Nov
1
Historic Trade Demonstration: Redware Pottery with Rick Hamelin
November 1, 2025 - 10:00 AM - November 1, 2025 - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Join us for redware pottery with Rick Hamelin.
Nov
1
Historic Trade Demonstration: Dressmaking with Linda Oakley and Shoemaking with Peter Oakley
November 1, 2025 - 10:00 AM - November 1, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us for dressmaking with Linda Oakley and shoemaking with Peter Oakley.
Nov
1
TO Nov 16
Family Program: Sweep Away the Fall
November 1, 2025 - 12:00 PM - November 16, 2025 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Come and make a mini broom and learn about the sweeping history of brooms in Deerfield.
Nov
1
A Peddler’s Pack of Eerie Tales with Dennis Picard
November 1, 2025 - 2:00 PM - November 1, 2025 - 3:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Prepare for a journey into New England’s hidden histories. Dennis Picard has pored through everyday records, revealing extraordinary tales of witches, vampires, and strange events.
Nov
15
TO Nov 22
Hands-On Open Hearth Cooking Workshop: Let’s Bake!
November 15, 2025 - 1:00 PM - November 22, 2025 - 5:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Using a bake kettle and the beehive oven, participants will make a savory pie, a sweet cake, and a special biscuit in each session.
Nov
22
TO Nov 30
Family Program: Make a Simple Gift
November 22, 2025 - 9:30 AM - November 30, 2025 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Come and make a simple handmade item perfect for holiday gift giving!
Nov
22
Historic Trade Demonstration: Redware Pottery with Stephen Earp
November 22, 2025 - 10:00 AM - November 22, 2025 - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Join us for redware pottery with Stephen Earp.
Nov
22
Historic Trade Demonstration: Woodworking Featuring Carving with Sharon Mehrman
November 22, 2025 - 10:00 AM - November 22, 2025 - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Join us for woodworking with Sharon Mehrman, an artisan woodworker and historian of material culture, historic woodworking trades, tools, and technology.
Nov
28
TO Nov 30
Winter Pastimes
November 28, 2025 - 10:00 AM - November 30, 2025 - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Enjoy winter pastimes with a variety of event offerings at the end of November!
Nov
29
Society of the 17th Century
November 29, 2025 - 10:00 AM - November 29, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Visitors can enjoy an open-hearth cooking demonstration, make a handmade gift with the help of a museum educator, help string popcorn and cranberry garlands, and make an apple pomander.