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Sep
24
TO Jan 4
Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes from the Ideal to the Real
September 24, 2025 - 9:30 AM - January 4, 2026 - 4:30 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
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.
Sep
24
TO Jan 4
Envisioning America: Deerfield Academy’s Collection of Paintings and Drawings
September 24, 2025 - 9:30 AM - January 4, 2026 - 4:30 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
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.
Sep
24
TO Nov 30
Vermont Furniture from the Alley Collection
September 24, 2025 - 9:30 AM - November 30, 2025 - 4:30 PMFlynt Center of Early New England Life (+ Google Map)
The exhibition highlights both published and unpublished material from the Alleys’ collection, showing how these objects reveal varied techniques and ornament as well as the characteristics of the environment in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.
Sep
24
TO Sep 28
Building Archaeology at Stebbins House
September 24, 2025 - 9:30 AM - September 28, 2025 - 4:30 PM
Witness the discoveries being made and the mysteries we’re encountering as we unpeel the layers of the c. 1799 Stebbins House! Visit 16 different stations throughout the first floor, encountering panels that describe what we’re discovering and what questions we’re asking of the building.
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!
Sep
27
TO Oct 19
Family Program: Apple Time
September 27, 2025 - 12:00 PM - October 19, 2025 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Learn about the heirloom varieties that people planted in Deerfield long ago, make art with apple stamps, and design a mini recipe booklet filled with ideas for cooking with heirloom apples at home.
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
4
Green Valley Homestead Living History Group: Life at Home During the Revolution
October 4, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Come meet the reenactors as they demonstrate and discuss aspects of daily life such as cooking, cloth production (wool and flax), and farming.
Oct
5
Historic Trade Demonstration: Gunsmithing with the Day Brothers
October 5, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Join us for a historic trade demonstration on gunsmithing with the Day Brothers.
Oct
10
TO Oct 25
Deerfield After Dark Ghost Walks
October 10, 2025 - 7:00 PM - October 25, 2025 - 7:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
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
11
TO Oct 18
Guided Tours of the Old Burying Ground
October 11, 2025 - 1:00 PM - October 18, 2025 - 4:00 PM
Enjoy a seasonal walking tour past the Town Common and the Old Burying Ground.
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
16
TO Dec 18
Natural History Walking Tour Around Old Deerfield
October 16, 2025 - 3:00 PM - December 18, 2025 - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Join us on select Thursdays for a guided walk around Old Deerfield.
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
TO Oct 26
Family Program: Stones and Bones
October 25, 2025 - 9:30 AM - October 26, 2025 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Learn about the stones that gravestone carvers used to make gravestones, handle rocks, and design your own paper gravestone with images inspired by the stones in the Old Burying Ground.
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.
Oct
25
Guided Afternoon Tours of the Gravestone Art of Solomon Ashley
October 25, 2025 - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Enjoy a walking tour past the Town Common and the Old Burying Ground on Albany Road.
Oct
26
Bubble and Squeak
October 26, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 3:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Celebrate the Halloween season with some fun activities at the Hall Tavern.
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: 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
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
TO Nov 16
Family Program: Sweep Away the Fall
November 1, 2025 - 12:00 PM - November 16, 2025 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Come and make a mini broom and learn about the sweeping history of brooms in Deerfield.
Nov
1
A Peddler’s Pack of Eerie Tales with Dennis Picard
November 1, 2025 - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Prepare for a journey into New England’s hidden histories. Dennis Picard has pored through everyday records, revealing extraordinary tales of witches, vampires, and strange events.
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
15
TO Nov 22
Hands-On Open Hearth Cooking Workshop: Let’s Bake!
November 15, 2025 - 1:00 PM - November 22, 2025 - 5:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
This workshop is sold out.
Nov
22
TO Nov 30
Family Program: Make a Simple Gift
November 22, 2025 - 9:30 AM - November 30, 2025 - 4:30 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
Come and make a simple handmade item perfect for holiday gift giving!
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.
Nov
28
TO Nov 30
Winter Pastimes
November 28, 2025 - 10:00 AM - November 30, 2025 - 4:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Enjoy winter pastimes with a variety of event offerings at the end of November!
Nov
29
Society of the 17th Century
November 29, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Visitors can enjoy an open-hearth cooking demonstration, make a handmade gift with the help of a museum educator, help string popcorn and cranberry garlands, and make an apple pomander.