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Historic Deerfield Announces 2021 Season Schedule

DEERFIELD, MA – Historic Deerfield opens for the 2021 season on images and maps with cultural and natural history details to give a sense
Memorial Day weekend, with its opening day scheduled for Saturday, of the daunting challenges met by the 1704 captors and captives of the
May 29, 2021. Deerfield Raid.
Special programs and events include: Digging Deeper: Stebbins House Visitors are strongly encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance
Archaeology Project: Visit the excavation site and talk to archaeologists online at historic-deerfield.org. The Museum is now using a timed entry
at work as they follow-up on clues from a ground-penetrating radar ticketing system to facilitate social distancing. Timed entry tickets indicate
survey (May 29, June 11-13, 25-27); Broom-Making Demonstrations at visitor arrival time to the museum; timed entry does not reserve a space on
the History Workshop: Watch a broom being made by hand, learn about a tour. Adult admission is $15, and the museum offers free admission for
growing broomcorn, and see broom making tools and equipment children age 17 and under for the 2021 season. Historic Deerfield
(Saturdays); Summer Evening Strolls: Special guided evening walking members and Deerfield / South Deerfield residents receive free admission.
tours along Old Main Street, followed by a discount on dinner and Admission tickets are only available at the Flynt Center of Early New
history trivia at Champney's Restaurant at the Deerfield Inn (June 6, England Life. The Visitor Center at Hall Tavern will be closed. Visitors
20, July 4, 18, August 1, 22); and Family Fun Days: Enjoy special out- should stop at the Flynt Center of Early New England Life to redeem
door activities for families on the museum grounds, including a their online tickets or purchase tickets. The Flynt Center of Early New
Storywalk™, a Take and Make craft activity, a self-guided family-friend- England Life is located at 37D Old Main Street, in Deerfield.
ly Scavenger Hunt, Storytelling and Musical Performances (July 10, The Museum is open Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Monday
August 14). Visit the museum's website for a complete list of events, holidays through November 28, 2021, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
including virtual programming. Please note, the days and hours of operation are
Exhibitions at the Flynt Center of Early New subject to change based on current COVID-19
England Life include TEXTiles and Technology: An safety recommendations from the Common-
insightful display featuring a group of objects that wealth of Massachusetts. Visitors to Historic
used both the printed word and/or new innova- Deerfield are required to social distance and wear a
tions to decorate and improve life for people in the mask or face covering.
19th and 20th centuries. The “Museum’s Attic” at Historic Deerfield is a museum of early
the Flynt Center of Early New England Life American life situated in an authentic 18th century
exhibits examples of anti-slavery ceramics and the New England village in the Connecticut River
meaning behind their design and decoration. Valley of Massachusetts. Its historic houses and
Branches of Woodworking: Labor, Learning & world-famous collection of early American decora-
Livelihood, 1760-1860, features the diverse scope tive arts open doors to new perspectives that
of work practiced by different kinds of woodworkers. Rococo Revival tapestry panels on inspire people to seek a deeper understanding of
Following the Captives’ Trail is a photographic gilded furniture, c. 1860, by Jacques Neilson, themselves, their communities, and the world.
expedition by Allison Williams Bell combining Francois Boucher Learn more at www.historic-deerfield.org

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