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Blog Posts
- Bringing the Revolution to Life with Plays in Place
A conversation with Claire Carlson, Historic Deerfield’s Director of Museum Education/Director of Archaeology, Patrick Gabridge, Producing Artistic Director, and Talya Kingston, Producer and Playwright, of Plays in Place about A Stake in the Ground: 1774, commissioned by Historic Deerfield. - The Collaboration that Built Historic Deerfield and Strengthened Deerfield Academy
Having access to resources and photographs from the archives of Historic Deerfield allowed me to delve into the relationship between the Academy’s legendary former headmaster, Frank Learoyd Boyden, and the philanthropically-minded Henry Needham and Helen Geier Flynt. - ‘Began to work att my trade…’: Making Men’s Clothing in Eighteenth-Century Deerfield
The accounts of John Russell, a Deerfield tailor during the 1760s and 1770s, show both similarities, as well as departures, from metropolitan tailors’ practice.
Cooking Events
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Conference on the 350th Anniversary of King Philip’s War
Historic Deerfield, with support from partner organizations, is hosting a one-day conference year to commemorate the 350th anniversary of King Philip’s War/Metacom’s Rebellion, with the goals of helping a broad […]
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Songs of Slavery & Emancipation at The Bombyx Center
Historic Deerfield presents Songs of Slavery & Emancipation at The Bombyx Center. Join us for an unforgettable performance of music, led by Dr. Kathy Bullock. More than a concert, it is a living tribute to resilience, faith and the unbreakable spirit of a people.
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A Stake in the Ground: 1774
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.
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Juneteenth Commemoration: Witness Stones Walking Tours
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.
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Dressing the Revolution: Fashion and Politics 1760–1789
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.
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A Town Divided: Deerfield in the Age of Revolution
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.
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Dublin Seminar 2026 – Futurecasting, Futurekeeping: New Englanders Imagine Worlds to Come
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.
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Picturing the Revolution
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.
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Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Revolutionary Recipes
Come and see what was on the menu for families during the Revolutionary period.
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Building Archaeology at Stebbins House
This May, witness the discoveries being made and the mysteries we’re encountering as we unpeel the layers of the c. 1799 Stebbins House! Visit 22 different stations throughout the first floor and—as of May 2026—brand new stations on the second floor, including a roofline “ghost” and an old cornice visible in the attic!