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Sep
27
TO Nov 29
Wilson Printing Office
September 27, 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!
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
11
Historic Trade Demonstration: Gunsmithing with Richard Colton
October 11, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 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 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us for powder horn carving with artist and reenactor Laurie McCarthy.
Oct
12
Historic Trade Demonstration: Period Games with Holly Eckert
October 12, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us for a demonstration of period games with Holly Eckert.
Oct
12
Historic Trade Demonstration: Blacksmithing with Rick Martin and Friends
October 12, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Join us for blacksmithing with Rick Martin and friends.
Oct
12
Historic Trade Demonstration: Tinsmithing with Richard Eckert
October 12, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us for tinsmithing with Richard Eckert.
Oct
18
Historic Trade Demonstration: Architectural Woodworking Featuring Joinery with Ted Ingraham
October 18, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Join us for architectural woodworking with Ted Ingraham.
Oct
25
Graveyards and Gravestones: An All-Day Special Event
October 25, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 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 - 4:00 PM
Watch and learn about the historic trade of gravestone carving in a demonstration from expert stone-carver, Karin Sprague.
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 - 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 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us for dressmaking with Linda Oakley and shoemaking with Peter Oakley.
Nov
8
TO Nov 9
Historic Trade Demonstration: A Gown in a Day with Emily Stringham
November 8, 2025 - 10:00 AM - November 9, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join Emily Stringham to learn about 18th-century women’s fashions and sewing techniques and watch as a mid-18th century gown is constructed by hand.
Nov
15
Historic Trade Demonstration: Silversmithing with Steve Smithers
November 15, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Join us for silversmithing with Steve Smithers.
Nov
22
Historic Trade Demonstration: Woodworking Featuring Carving with Sharon Mehrman
November 22, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 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
22
Historic Trade Demonstration: Redware Pottery with Stephen Earp
November 22, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Join us for redware pottery with Stephen Earp.