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About Us Become a Member Today! Portrait of Rhoda W. Smith
Dinosaur Tracks Project/ MCC Adams Planning Grant Description and Articles
Veterans Education Project (VEP) Seldom Heard Voices of World War Two Oral History Project Project information: Press Release and articles
Memorial Hall Museums special exhibit “Old Deerfield’s Pageants & Performances” and summer concert series are part of the Pioneer Valley History Network's 2009 summer theme, Vacationing in the Valley: A Look at Leisure in the Pioneer Valley
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| See our On-Line Museum - American Centuries
Arosen's gifts to Stephen Williams, Eunice's brother, when Eunice and Arosen were visiting New England in the 18th century. More than 2000 artifacts and documents from our collection, interactive activities and resources for teachers and students alike.
Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704
Was this dramatic pre-dawn assault in contested lands an unprovoked, brutal attack on an innocent village of English settlers? Was it a justified military action against a stockaded settlement in a Native homeland? Or was it something else? Explore this website and hear all sides of the story—then you decide.
Renovating the former Town Hall, Town Office, and Old Deerfield Grammar School. Funded in part by a grant from the Save American Treasures program and
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To our Award Winning Old Deerfield Craft Fairs |
See our map and guide to African American sites. Historic Sites Guide |
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Memorial Hall Museum We are supported in part by the Institute of Museum Services, a Federal agency serving the nation's museums and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. THIS
PROJECT IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE This institution is an equal opportunity provider. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800)795-3272 (voice) or (202)720-6382 (TDD) USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. |
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Surrounded
by gentle meadows and wooded hills, the 300 year old village of Deerfield
speaks with quiet eloquence of New England's rural past. The village museum,
Memorial Hall, is one of New England's oldest museums. When
Deerfield Academy's original 1798 school building became available, antiquarian
George Sheldon organized the collection of artifacts he was assembling
and in 1880, Memorial Hall opened.
The museum's extraordinary collection of furnishings,
paintings, textiles and Indian artifacts is "the finest collection
of local antiquities in New England and one of America's oldest museums."
The
Acropolis Project
