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Nov
12
TO Jan 4
Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes from the Ideal to the Real
November 12, 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.
Nov
12
TO Jan 4
Envisioning America: Deerfield Academy’s Collection of Paintings and Drawings
November 12, 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.
Nov
30
TO Dec 3
2025 Wreath Making Workshops
November 30, 2025 - 2:00 PM - December 3, 2025 - 2:00 PM
This workshop is sold out.
Dec
6
TO Jan 12
Wreath Walk
December 6, 2025 - 9:00 AM - January 12, 2026 - 5:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Take a walk, enjoy the wreaths! If you are visiting Historic Deerfield in December, we invite you to take the Deerfield Wreath Walk! For 25 years, volunteers have gathered at Historic Deerfield to make beautiful, natural holiday wreaths for the doors of the historic houses of Deerfield. This year, more than 60 volunteers will create […]
Dec
13
Winter Frolic 2025
December 13, 2025 - 12:00 PM - 4:00 PMHall Tavern (+ Google Map)
Come learn English country dancing with local ensemble Merry Company. Make an apple pomander and a rolled beeswax candle to take home, have fun stringing popcorn and cranberry garlands, and help our hearth cook make a recipe. Sip hot apple cider, play board games, and have fun playing dress up in old fashioned costumes.
Jan
17
Candlelight Tavern Night
January 17, 2026 - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Step back in time for a candlelit evening of fun and frivolity in the historic 1786 Hall Tavern!
Jan
25
TO Mar 29
Free Winter Lecture Series: “Expansive Histories of the American Revolution”
January 25, 2026 - 2:00 PM - March 29, 2026 - 3:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
In observance of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, we invite you to tune in to our free, virtual Winter Lecture Series, featuring three distinguished scholars. 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 […]
Feb
16
TO Feb 20
Fun in February: School Vacation Week at Historic Deerfield
February 16, 2026 - 10:00 AM - February 20, 2026 - 3:00 PMHistory Workshop (+ Google Map)
February 19th -24th, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day.
Come have fun at the History Workshop during February Vacation Week! Play historical tavern and schoolyard games. Color and fold a puzzle purse and send a secret message. Pretend to cook a meal on a hearth in our play kitchen. Write in cursive or draw a picture with a quill pen and ink. Dress up, read a book, card wool, or weave on a loom. There will be lots of activities to explore!
Feb
21
Candlelight Tavern Night
February 21, 2026 - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMHistoric Deerfield (+ Google Map)
Step back in time for a candlelit evening of fun and frivolity in the historic 1786 Hall Tavern!