Discover Historic Deerfield
An Authentic 18th-Century New England Village
Historic Deerfield Inc., founded in 1952, is an outdoor museum that interprets the history and culture of early New England and the Connecticut River Valley. Visitors can tour twelve carefully-preserved antique houses dating from 1730 to 1850, and explore world-class collections of regional furniture, silver, textiles, and other decorative arts on display in the authentic period houses and in the Flynt Center of Early New England Life, a state-of-the-art museum facility featuring exhibitions and a visible storage area. Our research library, the Henry N. Flynt Library, includes more than 21,000 volumes (reference works, microfilm and newspapers) on the history and material culture of the region.
Three Centuries of American History
Just Down The Street
More Things To Do Around Town
A visit to Historic Deerfield is not complete unless you have explored the many outdoor activities and places of interest that are available in and around the village. Be sure to stop by The Deerfield Inn and Champney’s Restaurant & Tavern, both owned and operated by Historic Deerfield, Inc., for lodging, lunch and fine dining. Next door to the Inn is the Museum Gift Shop & Bookstore, where you’ll find distinctive shopping and a wide variety of American crafts, jewelry and reproductions, as well as souvenirs, books, and old-fashioned toys.
CHANNING BLAKE FOOTPATH
Enjoy breathtaking scenery and interpretive panels on this one-third mile walk past a working farm and meadows to the Deerfield River.
THE COOKS’ GARDEN
A source of fresh ingredients for open hearth cooking demonstrations, The Cooks Garden contains heirloom plants and herbs used in colonial New England.
OLD BURYING GROUND
With its many unique and beautiful grave stones, the Old Burying Ground provides a wealth of information about Deerfield’s early settlers.