The exhibition highlights both published and unpublished material from the Alleys’ collection, showing how these objects reveal varied techniques and ornament as well as the characteristics of the environment in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.

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.

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.

Come take a walk through the Stebbins House during this unique moment in time when the house is under restoration! JUNE HOURS June 19-22 (9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) June 25-29 (9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) Witness the discoveries being made and the mysteries we’re encountering as we unpeel the layers of the c. 1799 […]