Demonstrations

Now open Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Visit the newly reopened Wilson Printing Office where printer in residence Martin Antonetti will be […]

9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. on July 6, 13, 20, 27 and August 3, 10

Cookbooks are a window into the changing tastes and trends in historic cookery. They are filled with recipes for dishes like flour pudding, loaf cake, alamode beef, forcemeat, and fricassee. Beverages like shrub and syllabub pique our curiosity.

Come join us for a day-long event celebrating historic book arts. Visitors can meet artisans and see demonstrations of wood cut illustration with noted artist Barry Moser, paper making with Elisa Lanzi, bookbinding with Barbara Blumenthal, and letterpress printing with Historic Deerfield’s Printer-in-Residence Martin Antonetti. Historic Deerfield’s museum educators will be there to lead hands-on activities that include a paper marbling craft, folding a paper booklet, and more!

The Ladies’ Association is a researched-based 18th century living history group that encourages, supports, and promotes increased women’s voices and stories at historical sites and events. They will be portraying Deerfield in 1774, on the eve of the American Revolution.

Come visit our open-hearth cooks as they prepare “traditional” New England dishes made with Indigenous ingredients such as corn, beans, and squash.

Special Guest Cook, Angela Marcellino, will prepare several of the dishes from her cookbook exploring food, identity, and place in New England.

Pie was a common staple in the early New England kitchen. Come visit with our open hearth cook and see what pies are on the menu!

Come to the kitchen and see what’s on the menu for a cold winter’s day!