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Building a Collection: Recent Acquisitions at Historic Deerfield
October 2, 2024 - 9:30 AM - February 27, 2025 - 4:30 PM
Image: Sally Hale, American. Needlework and painted picture on silk: Scipio Restoring the Captive Lady to Her Lover, circa 1815 (HD 2024.5). Featuring special acquisition highlights from the past five years in the areas of furniture, ceramics, metalwork, paintings, prints, textiles, and rare books, the exhibit includes four sections that explain why and how the museum’s staff added these items to the collection.
In Pursuit of the Picturesque: The Art of James Wells Champney
October 2, 2024 - 9:30 AM - March 27, 2025 - 4:30 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
Image: James Wells Champney, Young Woman in Red, ca. 1890, pastel (63.366).
Through an array of paintings, pastels, photographs, and material culture, In Pursuit of the Picturesque takes a fresh perspective on the New England artist, James Wells Champney (1843-1903) and how he shaped late 19th-century perceptions of nostalgia and beauty. This exhibition explores how Deerfield’s resident artist engaged with different facets of the American art world, including sentimental genre scenes, paintings of Colonial Revival motifs, and pastels of idealized women.
Vermont Furniture from the Alley Collection
October 2, 2024 - 9:30 AM - May 3, 2027 - 4:30 PM
Vermont Furniture from the Alley Collection features an impressive array of 18th and 19th-century Vermont furniture recently donated to Historic Deerfield by collectors William and Patricia Passmore Alley. The exhibition highlights both published and unpublished material from the Alleys’ collection, showing how these objects reveal varied techniques and ornament as well as the characteristics of the environment in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. Many examples in the exhibit retain their vibrant, original surfaces and are organized according to their decoration: solid and highly figured native wood, painted wood, ornamental painting on metal and glass, and veneer and inlay.
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Indigenous Foods, The Three Sisters, and the Fall Harvest
October 4, 2024 - 9:30 AM - October 26, 2024 - 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.
Wilson Printing Office
October 5, 2024 - 9:30 AM - May 3, 2025 - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Now open Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. (excluding lunch) Visit the newly reopened Wilson Printing Office where printer in residence Martin Antonetti will be on hand to demonstrate the printing process for visitors. This shop was in operation for only a short time, but tells a remarkable story. From 1816 to 1820 two […]
Historic Trade Demonstration: Gunsmithing with Richard Colton
October 5, 2024 - 10:00 AM - October 5, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Historic Trade Demonstration: Gunsmithing with Richard Colton October 5, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Hall Tavern Join us for gunsmithing with Richard Colton. Included in general admission.
Historic Trade Demonstration: Silversmithing with Steve Smithers
October 5, 2024 - 10:00 AM - October 5, 2024 - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Silversmithing with Steve Smithers October 5, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. The Silver Shop Join us for silversmithing with Steve Smithers. Included in general admission.
Family Program! Creating with Colors
October 5, 2024 - 12:00 PM - December 1, 2024 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Create and take home your own vibrant Deerfield landscape using pastels just like Deerfield artist James Wells Champney, who produced scenic views of Deerfield at the end of the 19th century. Learn about art, art materials, landscapes, and more!
Historic Trade Demonstration: Tailoring with Henry Cooke
October 6, 2024 - 10:00 AM - October 6, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Tailoring with Henry Cooke October 6, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Hall Tavern Join us for tailoring with Henry Cooke. Included in general admission.
Historic Trade Demonstration: Blacksmithing with Rick Martin and Friends
October 6, 2024 - 10:00 AM - October 6, 2024 - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Blacksmithing with Rick Martin and Friends October 6, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Stebbins Lawn Join us for blacksmithing with Rick Martin and friends. Included in general admission.
Deerfield After Dark Ghost Walks: Ghost Stories of Old Deerfield
October 11, 2024 - 7:00 PM - October 26, 2024 - 7:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
SOLD OUT. Join us for a spooky walk through the village to hear ghost stories from Deerfield!
Historic Trade Demonstration: Woodworking Featuring Furniture Making and Carving with Craig Farrow
October 12, 2024 - 10:00 AM - October 13, 2024 - 4:00 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
Woodworking Featuring Furniture Making and Carving with Craig Farrow October 12 and 13 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. each day. Join us at the for woodworking with Craig Farrow. Included in general admission.
A Peddler’s Pack of Eerie Tales From Hill and Valley: Stories From Your Grandparent’s Fireside with Dennis Picard
October 12, 2024 - 2:00 PM - October 12, 2024 - 3:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Tales of witches, vampires and weird occurrences are mixed in with otherwise mundane daily records discovered by Dennis Picard.
Guided Tours of the Old Burying Ground
October 12, 2024 - 3:00 PM - October 26, 2024 - 4:00 PM
Guided Tours of the Old Burying Ground October 12, 19, 26 at 3–4 p.m. Hall Tavern Meet your guide at the Visitor Center at Hall Tavern and enjoy a walking tour past the Town Common and the Old Burying Ground on Albany Road. Included with Museum Admission.
Historic Trade Demonstration: Redware Pottery with Rick Hamelin
October 13, 2024 - 10:00 AM - October 13, 2024 - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Redware Pottery with Rick Hamelin October 13, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Apprentice’s Workshop Join us for redware pottery with Rick Hamelin. Included in general admission.
Woodworking Featuring Furniture Making and Carving with Craig Farrow
October 13, 2024 - 10:00 AM - October 13, 2024 - 4:00 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
Woodworking Featuring Furniture Making and Carving with Craig Farrow October 12 and 13 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. each day. Join us at the for woodworking with Craig Farrow. Included in general admission.
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Wampanoag Cookery with Angela Marcellino
October 19, 2024 - 9:00 AM - October 19, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Special Guest Cook, Angela Marcellino, will prepare several of the dishes from her cookbook exploring food, identity, and place in New England.
Historic Trade Demonstration: Architectural Woodworking Featuring Joinery with Ted Ingraham
October 19, 2024 - 10:00 AM - October 19, 2024 - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Architectural Woodworking Featuring Joinery with Ted Ingraham October 19, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Apprentice’s Workshop Join us for architectural woodworking with Ted Ingraham. Included in general admission.
Historic Trade Demonstration: White Pine Bark and Ash Bark Basketmaking with Jennifer Lee
October 19, 2024 - 10:00 AM - October 19, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Come enjoy our Historic Trade Demonstration: White Pine and Ash Bark Basket Making with Jennifer Lee.
Gravestone Carving with Karin Sprague
October 26, 2024 - 10:00 AM - October 26, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Gravestone Carving with Karin Sprague October 26, 10a.m.–4p.m. Hall Tavern Watch and learn about the historic trade of gravestone carving, in a demonstration from expert stone-carver, Karin Sprague. Included with general admission.
Graveyards and Gravestones
October 26, 2024 - 10:00 AM - October 26, 2024 - 4:00 PM
Join us for this all-day event of immersion in the world of graveyards and gravestones, featuring demonstrations, tours, and a lecture! EVENTS Gravestone Carving Demonstration with Karin Sprague 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hall Tavern Illustrated Lecture by Claire Carlson “Old Deerfield’s Old Graveyards” 11:00 AM Hall Tavern Guided afternoon tours of the Gravestone Art […]
Illustrated Lecture by Claire Carlson: “Old Deerfield’s Old Graveyards”
October 26, 2024 - 11:00 AM - October 26, 2024 - 12:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Illustrated Lecture by Claire Carlson October 26, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Hall Tavern Join Claire Carlson, Historic Deerfield’s Director of Archeology for an illustrated lecture, titled “Old Deerfield’s Old Graveyards.” Included in general admission.
Guided afternoon tours of the Gravestone Art of Solomon Ashley
October 26, 2024 - 1:00 PM - October 26, 2024 - 3:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Enjoy a walking tour past the Town Common and the Old Burying Ground on Albany Road.
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Time for Pie
November 2, 2024 - 9:30 AM - November 16, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
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!
Historic Trade Demonstration: Tinsmithing with Richard Eckert
November 2, 2024 - 10:00 AM - November 2, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Tinsmithing with Richard Eckert November 2, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Hall Tavern Join us for tinsmithing with Richard Eckert. Included in general admission.
Historic Trade Demonstration: Woodworking with Sharon Mehrman
November 2, 2024 - 10:00 AM - November 2, 2024 - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Woodworking with Sharon Mehrman November 2, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Apprentice’s Workshop Join us for woodworking with Sharon Mehrman. Included in general admission.
Historic Trade Demonstration: Dressmaking with Linda Oakley and Shoemaking with Peter Oakley
November 2, 2024 - 10:00 AM - November 2, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Dressmaking with Linda Oakley and Shoemaking with Peter Oakley November 2, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. at Hall Tavern Join us for dressmaking with Linda Oakley and shoemaking with Peter Oakley. Included in general admission.
Textile Identification Day with Rabbit Goody
November 3, 2024 - 9:00 AM - November 3, 2024 - 4:00 PM
Come learn about historic textiles (and bring your own!) to be identified by renowned weaver/textile historian Rabbit Goody of Thistle Hill Weavers in New York!
Reawakening Materials: American Art, Empire, and Material Histories in Historic Deerfield’s Collection
November 7, 2024 - 12:00 AM - November 8, 2024 - 11:59 PM
Needlework: “Death of General Wolfe,” Margaret Ansell, Tottenham, England, c. 1774-1776. Textile: worsted wool, linen; wood: pine; gesso, bole and gold leaf; glass framed: 22 1/8 x 29 x 2 5/8 in. Historic Deerfield, HD 66.198. In-Person Registration Virtual Registration Join us for “Reawakening Materials: American Art, Empire, and Material Histories in Historic […]
Historic Trade Demonstration: A Gown in a Day with Emily Stringham
November 9, 2024 - 10:00 AM - November 10, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
A Gown in a Day with Emily Stringham November 9, 10 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Hall Tavern Join Emily Stringham, owner of At the Sign of the Golden Scissors, and her apprentice Erin Jarrett to learn about 18th-century women’s fashions and sewing techniques and watch as a mid-18th century gown is constructed by hand. The […]
Historic Trade Demonstration: Redware Pottery with Stephen Earp
November 16, 2024 - 10:00 AM - November 16, 2024 - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Redware Pottery with Stephen Earp November 16, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Apprentice’s Workshop Join us for redware pottery with Stephen Earp. Included in general admission.
Historic Trade Demonstration: Gravestone Carving with Allison Steel
November 16, 2024 - 10:00 AM - November 16, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Gravestone Carving with Allison Steel November 16, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Hall Tavern Watch and learn about the historic trade of gravestone carving, in a demonstration from expert stone-carver, Allison Steel. Included with general admission.
Historic Trade Demonstration: Powder Horn Carving with Laurie McCarthy
November 16, 2024 - 10:00 AM - November 16, 2024 - 4:00 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
Powder Horn Carving Demonstration with Laurie McCarthy November 16, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. at the Flynt Center Laurie McCarthy is an artist and reenactor. Join us for powder horn carving with Laurie McCarthy. Included with general admission.
Family Program: Make a Simple Gift
November 23, 2024 - 9:30 AM - December 1, 2024 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Come and make a simple, perfect holiday gift by hand! This year’s simple gift is a pierced tin medallion, inspired by historic pierced tin lanterns.
Hands-On Hearth Cooking Workshop: Let’s Bake!
November 23, 2024 - 1:00 PM - November 23, 2024 - 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.
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Winter Soups and Stews
November 29, 2024 - 9:30 AM - December 1, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Come to the kitchen and see what’s on the menu for a cold winter’s day!
Winter Pastimes and the Society of the 17th Century
November 30, 2024 - 10:00 AM - November 30, 2024 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
The Society of the 17th Century, a group of re-enactors, will bring Hall Tavern to life with an incredible array of period arts, crafts, and trades!
Free Winter Lecture Series – Tempus Fugit/Time Flies: Measuring, Perceiving, and Living Time in Early America
January 26, 2025 - 2:00 PM - April 27, 2025 - 3:00 PM
2025 Winter Lecture Series Tempus Fugit/Time Flies: Measuring, Perceiving, and Living Time in Early America Taking place on Zoom from 2-3pm on the following Sundays: January 26, February 23, March 30, April 27. Lectures are free, but registration is required. Early New Englanders frequently invoked the passage of time in religious terms, but the “horological […]