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Mar
21
Open Hearth Cooking Workshop: Spring Cooking, Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel
March 21, 2026 - 1:00 PM - 5:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
In the past, the end of winter meant using up what was left of stored food like pumpkins, potatoes, apples, and salted meat and fish. A Deerfield diarist called them “savers.” The menu includes dried apple pie, fish chowder, pickled beets, and crookneck squash pudding.
Mar
27
TO Mar 29
3-Day Wood Identification Workshop with Randy Wilkinson
March 27, 2026 - 9:00 AM - March 29, 2026 - 2:00 PMDeerfield Community Center (+ Google Map)
We are pleased to share this exciting, intensive educational program designed to appeal to participants with an interest in American decorative arts—including collectors, appraisers, curators, furniture enthusiasts, or anyone seeking in-depth knowledge.
Mar
29
Free Winter Lecture Series: “Expansive Histories of the American Revolution”
March 29, 2026 - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
This series will explore the American Revolution not just as a political conflict, but as a broad and complex global event that profoundly shaped the lives of everyone in the colonies.
Apr
18
TO Apr 26
April School Vacation Week: Spies, Ciphers, and Secret Codes
April 18, 2026 - 9:30 AM - April 26, 2026 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Play historical tavern and schoolyard games. Pretend to cook a meal on a hearth in our play kitchen. Dress up, read a book, or weave on a loom.
Apr
18
TO Jan 2
A Town Divided: Deerfield in the Age of Revolution
April 18, 2026 - 9:30 AM - January 2, 2028 - 4:30 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
While many associate the Revolution with Boston or battlefield sites, A Town Divided brings the promises—and contradictions—of the Revolution to life through the lens of a deeply divided rural town in western Massachusetts.
Apr
18
TO Jan 3
Dressing the Revolution: Fashion and Politics 1760–1789
April 18, 2026 - 9:30 AM - January 3, 2027 - 4:30 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
By posing new questions about fashion’s relationship with class, race, and gender, Dressing the Revolution: Fashion and Politics 1760–1789 places clothing at the center of the political debates, shedding light on dress as a powerful tool that communicated not just status and identity, but political affinities during this volatile period.
Apr
18
TO Jan 3
Picturing the Revolution
April 18, 2026 - 9:30 AM - January 3, 2027 - 4:30 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
Drawing from Historic Deerfield’s rich collection of Revolutionary-era materials, this exhibition explores the diverse ways that 18th-century individuals “pictured” or understood the Revolution as it unfolded.
Apr
25
TO May 30
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Great Cakes!
April 25, 2026 - 10:00 AM - May 30, 2026 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
During the 18th century, towns in New England held muster days for men to practice military drills. These became community affairs and people made special food, including a treat that became known as Muster Cake.
Apr
25
Historic Trade Demonstration: Tailoring a Revolutionary War Era Military Uniform with Henry Cooke
April 25, 2026 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
Join us for tailoring with Henry Cooke.
Apr
25
Historic Trade Demonstration: Blacksmithing with Rick Martin and Friends
April 25, 2026 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Join us for blacksmithing with Rick Martin and friends.
May
2
TO May 3
Wooly Wonders – Heritage Breed Sheep Weekend
May 2, 2026 - 10:00 AM - May 3, 2026 - 4:00 PM
Join us for a celebration of rare, historic and adorable heritage breed sheep, textiles, and wool-processing in New England. See heritage breeds of sheep as well as demonstrations, craft activities, and games.
May
9
Historic Trade Demonstration: Military Leather Work with Jay Blain
May 9, 2026 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us for military leather work with Jay Blain.
May
9
Historic Trade Demonstration: Powder Horn Carving with Laurie McCarthy
May 9, 2026 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us for powder horn carving with artist and reenactor Laurie McCarthy.
May
9
TO Jun 28
Family Program: Top Secret Fun—Spies, Ciphers, and Secret Codes
May 9, 2026 - 12:00 PM - June 28, 2026 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
During the American Revolution, spies used methods like invisible ink and secret codes to carry important information.
May
16
Historic Trade Demonstration: Pottery with Stephen Earp
May 16, 2026 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Join us for pottery with Stephen Earp.
May
16
Historic Trade Demonstration: Silversmithing with Steve Smithers
May 16, 2026 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Join us for silversmithing with Steve Smithers.
May
23
Historic Trade Demonstration: Joinery with Ted Ingraham
May 23, 2026 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMApprentice’s Workshop (+ Google Map)
Join us for joinery with Ted Ingraham.
Jun
6
TO Jun 27
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Revolutionary Recipes
June 6, 2026 - 10:00 AM - June 27, 2026 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Come and see what was on the menu for families during the Revolutionary period.
Jun
19
Juneteenth Commemoration: Witness Stones Walking Tours
June 19, 2026 - 11:00 AM - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Join us for a guided walking tour of some of the Witness Stones that commemorate the lives of enslaved individuals who lived in Deerfield during the 18th century.
Jun
26
TO Jun 27
Dublin Seminar 2026 – Futurecasting, Futurekeeping: New Englanders Imagine Worlds to Come
June 26, 2026 - 9:00 AM - June 27, 2026 - 5:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
As this year’s seminar looks forward to its own future, we will contemplate ways residents of the region (broadly construed) have envisioned, foretold, and worked to shape various futures over the region’s long history.
Jul
10
TO Aug 16
A Stake in the Ground: 1774
July 10, 2026 - 6:30 PM - August 16, 2026 - 8:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Produced by Plays in Place, “A Stake in the Ground: 1774,” is a series of three site-specific plays on the eve of the American Revolution.