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Old Deerfield, Massachusetts Museums of Deerfield Memorial Hall Museum / Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association / Deerfield Children's Museum |
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2008
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May 1 -November 2 2008 Exhibits
Don’t Smile for the Camera:
Another Angle on Early Photography* Prompted
Covered Bridges
Robert Strong Woodward, Charlemont, Ma, c. 1935 In the late-nineteenth century, photographers
such as Clifton Johnson began documenting Franklin County’s covered
bridges. Painters were also drawn to these local landmarks. Between about
1925 and 1935, four artists were inspired to paint these wooden structures.
Although Marie Day Alexander, Clara Alquist, Kenneth Stinson, and Robert
Strong Woodward looked to the same subject matter, each of these artists
made distinct use of light, color, and texture to create their paintings.
Little did the artists know that some of the bridges they painted would
not survive more than a few years. July 4
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June 21& 22 The Old Deerfield Summer Craft Fair and Art Fest, held in the center of one New England’s most beautiful and celebrated villages, returns Saturday and Sunday, June 21& 22.
----- July- August Deerfield Sunday Afternoon Concert Series. Chamber music in the lovely Victorian setting of the museum's music room at 3 p.m. on Sundays through July and August. Admission $5.00.
The Pioneer Consort - Chris Devine: Violin; Michael Nix: Banjar; Greg Snedeker: Cello
This program
is sponsored in part by the Deerfield Cultural Council,
----- September 20& 21 Old Deerfield Fall Craft Fair and Quilt & Fiber Fest The Old Deerfield Fall Craft Fair and Quilt Fest, held at Memorial Hall Museum in the center of one of New England’s most beautiful and celebrated villages, returns Sat. and Sun., September 21nd & 22rd. On the lush, museum grounds under trees edged with autumn gold: • Meet 200 friendly, creative artisans from near
and far—with everything from traditional to contemporary crafts
and fine arts—pottery, photography, painting, pen & ink drawings,
wood block prints, fine glass—and jewelry!!!; What a bargain at just $7 for admission to the fair! Go to our website and print out discount coupons at www.deerfield-craft.org, plus have a chance to win one of many $50 gas cards! • And be sure to explore the world’s largest candle store at Yankee Candle Village—the Old Deerfield Craft Fair’s corporate sponsor—pick up a discount coupon at their craft fair booth! The Old Deerfield Fall Festival weekend is the time to rediscover the world-famous sights, sounds, scents, and tastes of Deerfield. Come see us September 21nd and 22rd! Check the event schedule and get discount coupons
for admission at www.deerfield-craft.org.
----- October 5 16th Annual Eastern European Festival
In the spirit of a “Dozynki” or Polish harvest festival, visitors will enjoy music, dance, demonstrations, shopping, and of course, food. The Memorial Hall Museum grounds and the entire “Old Deerfield Acropolis” (the group of historic buildings surrounding the museum) will be filled with the sights and sounds of Eastern Europe. Admission is $5 for adults; children are free. The Czarniecki Division, “the proudest and most distinguished cavalry unit in the service of King Jan Kazimierz,” will invade the village of Old Deerfield, Sunday, October 5th for the annual Eastern European Festival hosted by Memorial Hall Museum. This band of Polish knights in period costume, weaponry and armor will make camp in the center of the festival with a Turkish tent. Throughout the festival they will demonstrate how a military unit in the 17th century Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth lived and fought. Another feature of this year’s festival will be a Pysanki egg show in Memorial Hall Museum from 12 until 4 pm sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rhode Island Council for the Arts, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council featuring Carol Kostecki, a Pysanki artist for more than fifteen years under the advanced tutelage of Father Paul Luniw, Master Pysanky Artist. Mrs. Kostecki and Father Luniw will give demonstrations throughout the afternoon. ----- August (Daily) and Weekends Sept. into Oct Old Deerfield Children’s Museum & Family Program at the Indian House Memorial Admission is included on the ALL OF DEERFIELD ticket and is a choice on the MEMORIAL HALL SINGLE BUILDING ticket. All others: Adults $6.00, Student: $3.00 (age 13-18), Child: Free (through age 12) Hours: 11:00A.M. - 5:00 P.M. The first floor is open for viewing and hands-on activities. The door is kept locked. Please ring the bell for admission. Ongoing hands-on activities: Dress in 18th century clothing, try out a straw mattress, play with old-time toys, card and spin wool, read from a hornbook and write with a quill pen, make a tavern game, carry buckets with a yoke on your shoulders, find out what's for dinner in a 1700 kitchen, and mind your 18th century manners. This program is sponsored in part by the Amherst, Conway, Deerfield, Greenfield, and Whately Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
----- October 27 Franklin County Fiber Twist TBD “Memorial Hall Museum at 10 Memorial Street in Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, is pleased to be a special feature of the Fiber Twist this year. The museum recognizes fiber in its many embodiments as both the past and the future for western New England. The production of "fiber" is central to the history of New England—sheep shears, spinning wheels, niddy-noddies, dye pots and looms fill our local historical societies and museums--including Memorial Hall which will be open during the Fiber Twist for your inspection (see the 3rd floor Tool Room for a massive display.)” “Fiber also played a very important
role in Old Deerfield's late 19th Century world-renown crafts revival--especially
the work of the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Attendees of the Fiber Twist weekend can
pick up a coupon for free admission to Memorial Hall Museum, adjacent
to the Fiber Twist Marketplace being held in Old Deerfield at 10 Memorial
Street. The coupon is good also for the Old Deerfield Children’s
Museum at Indian House on the Main Street of Old Deerfield, four houses
north of the Deerfield Inn. Special hands-on fiber activities will be
available at the Children’s Museum—and hopefully, if they
are out grazing along the Mohawk-Mohegan Trail (Channing Blake Meadow
Walk), sightings of the Yazwinski Farm’s sheep who live next door
to the Children’s Museum. www.fibertwist.com ----- November 28,29& 30 Old Deerfield Christmas Sampler
Past 2008 Events January 26 Book Launch: "Mr. and
Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary
Saturday, January 26, 2008 Join us to launch Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina's book "Mr.
and Mrs. Prince:
March 1& 2 The Indian House Children's Museum will
be open Sat. and Sun., March 1 Ticket prices (good for 2 days): $14 adult (age
19 and up) Friday, February 29- all events are free_ 10:00AM-4:00PM-Ongoing slide show about the 1704 Raid on Deerfield Hall Tavern Orientation Theater
10:00AM-Walking tour- Deerfield: A Native Homeland 10:30AM-Walking
tour- Deerfield: An English Settlement 11:00AM-Meet the Cast of Characters-
Hall Tavern Orientation Theater
Sunday, March 2, 10:00AM-4:00PM Slide show about the 1704 Raid on Deerfield. Hall Tavern Orientation Theater re-enactors, craft and hearth cooking demonstrations, hands-on activities- Old Indian House Memorial, Bloody Brook Tavern guided tours of select houses every half hour self-guided tours of select houses, the Flynt Center and the Silver & Metalware Collectionhearth cooking demonstration- Hall Tavernsnowshoe-making demonstration- History Workshop Building Colonial firearms display- Hall Tavern 10:00AM-Walking tour- Deerfield: A Native Homeland 10:30AM-Walking tour- Deerfield: An English Settlement 11:30AM-Meet the Cast of Characters- Hall Tavern Orientation Theater 1:00PM-Slide show- The Trek North-White Church Community Center 2:00PM- Skirmish- Deerfield Academy playing fields 3:00PM-Walking tour- Deerfield: An English Settlement 3:30 PM- Walking tour- Deerfield: A Native Homeland
April 5 & 6 Old Deerfield Spring Sampler Show
Old Deerfield Spring Sampler April 5 & April 6, 2008
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Band
Concert (Free)
3 P.M. in front of the Old Town Hall
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Polish
Knights Invade Old Deerfield
21th
annual craft fair held at the Eastern States Exposition Grounds in West
Springfield, MA. Combines the traditions of Christmas and Old Deerfield.
300 exhibitors. Friday 2-8, Sat. 9-5, and Sun. 10-5. Admission is $8 for
adults and $1 for children 6 - 12. (
