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| Spring and Summer at Historic Deerfield Feature Great Programs and Events for All Ages |
Deerfield, Mass. (March 21, 2016)---With the arrival of spring, Historic Deerfield's regular season of operation is about to begin - with a full slate of programs and events at the museum to help enrich visitor experience into the summer season. The regular season at the museum kicks off on Saturday, April 16 with the annual Patriot's Day Revolutionary Muster and Parade. During this day-long event, visitors will be able to travel back in time and rediscover the history behind the Patriot's Day holiday and the "shot heard 'round the world." Revolutionary times will come to life through demonstrations of period crafts and activities, fife and drum music, and a parade and muster.
Following the Patriot's Day event, Historic Deerfield will offer school vacation week (April 18-24) activities that include daily open hearth cooking demonstrations and a daily program on exploring collections, at the History Workshop, the museum's educational, interactive space.
Other highlights during spring and summer at the museum include a forum on early New England parlors, the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, featuring "New England at Sea: Maritime Memory and Material Culture," a summer-long educational program on making dyes with natural materials, a symposium on the "archaeology" of historic structures, and the free summer lecture series,"Natural Selections: Flora and the Arts."
The museum will offer free admission for mothers and grandmothers on Mother's Day, May 8, and for fathers and grandfathers on Father's Day, June 19.
2016 Spring and Summer Program Schedule
Unless otherwise noted, all programs are included with admission to the museum.
Special Events/Programs
Company's Coming!: Artifacts and Rituals of Early New England Parlors
An Historic Deerfield Forum
Saturday, April 2, 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
This one-day forum at Historic Deerfield brings together a diverse group of historians and curators to focus on the material culture and functions of the New England parlor, including issues of refinement, wealth, consumerism, power, and gender. For more information and a complete schedule, visit
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Patriot's Day Revolutionary Muster & Parade 2016
Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Travel back in time and rediscover the history behind the Patriot's Day holiday and the "shot heard round the world." Revolutionary times will come to life through demonstrations of period crafts and activities, fife and drum music, and a parade and muster.
The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife:
New England at Sea: Maritime Memory and Material Culture
June 24-26, Deerfield Community Center
Buildings Archeology: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Historic Structures
Saturday, July 16
The study of historic buildings to pinpoint both the initial period of construction as well as later
modifications has come to rely on a variety of disciplines and areas of expertise that, when combined, help build a strong and highly accurate case for the evolution of a structure. The symposium will explore this approach and introduce some of the methods and materials available to those who work with, or live in, historic structures. Topics to be addressed include period documentation, tool marks, paint stratigraphy, dendrochronology, and fastener evolution.
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstrations
Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (unless otherwise noted), Hall Tavern Kitchen
April 18-24*, 30 *School Vacation Week program daily
Family Style
During April School Vacation week, visit with our hearth cooks as they prepare family-style dinners like they did in early New England. Help mix batter, churn butter, and learn about the main meal of the day - dinner!
May 7, 14, 21, 28
Fresh and Fowl
By the time spring came, early New Englanders had just about used up their supply of stored and preserved food. Discover the meaning of "scraping the bottom of the barrel" and learn why people of the past eagerly awaited the first fresh foods of the season like asparagus, eggs, and milk.
June 4, 11, 18, 25
Cooking with Herbs
Experience the sights, sounds, and aromas of hearth cooking while learning about colonial foods and diet. Learn about the use of herbs in cooking, which added flavor and freshness to seasonal dishes. Visit the Cooks' Garden, dedicated to the memory of Margaret Quinn Orloske, and see what's growing.
July 2, 3, 4, 9, 16, 23, 30
In a Pickle
Pickles and jam. Lemonade and switchel. During the hot summer, learn how people in early New England kept cool, and preserved summer produce. Our open hearth cooks will demonstrate how to make cooling beverages and foods like pickles and jam.
Family Programs
Curiosity and Wonder: Exploring Collections
April 18-24, 30; Weekends in May and June
12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., History Workshop
From children's collections of rocks, shells, coins and cards, to adult collectors of textiles and fine ceramics, who doesn't love the idea of a collection? The famous European Cabinets of Curiosity, or Wonder cabinets as they were called are the precursors of today's museums. Whether you are inspired by your own collections at home or collections in our museum come to the History Workshop to learn about Cabinets of Curiosity. You will be inspired by famous Cabinets of the past, see some unusual staff collections, and make your own "Wonder Jar" of curiosities and memories to take with you.
Rainbow in a Pot: Making Dye with Natural Materials
July 1-August 14
Daily, 12 p.m.-4:30 p.m., History Workshop
Join us to explore the remarkable process of making dye. In Colonial times as well as today, plant parts from roots to leaves, stems to flowers were used for some pigments; other colors came from mushrooms and even insects! Come have fun as you help us prepare the dye pot by gathering dye plants from our garden and nearby fields, or preparing imported dye materials like indigo or cochineal. You will leave with lots of information and a hand-dyed project you have made.
Summer Lecture Series
Summer Lecture Series: Natural Selections: Flora and the Arts
July 7, 14, 21 7:30 p.m., Deerfield Community Center
Thursdays in July, make sure your evenings are open to join us for our free summer lecture series! This year's series celebrates Historic Deerfield's
Natural Selections exhibition now on view in the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. Three insightful lectures will explore the horticultural, decorative, and educational aspects of plants and flowers in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
July 7: Joel T. Fry, Curator, Bartram's Garden, The John Bartram Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
July 14: Pamela Weeks, Binney Family Curator at the New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts;
July 21: Erik Wochholz, Curator of Historic Landscapes at Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. For more information visit
historic-deerfield.org.
Hours and Admission
Historic Deerfield opens for the regular season on Saturday, April 16, 2016, when it will be open daily from 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. through December 23, 2016 (closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.) The Memorial Libraries are open Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. The Museum Gift Shop & Bookstore will be open daily beginning April 16, from 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission, which includes all museum houses, the History Workshop, the Apprentice's Workshop, and exhibitions at the Flynt Center of Early New England Life, is $14 for adults (18+), $5 for children (6-17), under age 6, Deerfield/South Deerfield residents, and members are free.
About Historic Deerfield, Inc.
Historic Deerfield, Inc., is dedicated to the heritage and preservation of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and the Connecticut River Valley. Its museums and programs provide today's audiences with experiences that create an understanding and appreciation of New England's historic villages and countryside.
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