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Membership Benefits include:
- Free Unlimited Admission
- Free newsletters and program calendars
- Free issues of Historic Deerfield magazine
- Discounts at the Museum Store, Deerfield Inn, and on trips, classes, and workshoprs
- Invitations to exhibition previews, Annual Meeting, and other special events.
- Peace of mind knowing that you have done your part to support Historic Deerfield.
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Open Daily
9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
(except Thanksgiving, Nov. 25)
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Congratulations to Brian Lafleur!
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| Brian is the lucky winner of the May 2010 prize drawing of a Historic Deerfield Bucket Hat - just in time for summer fun! If you'd like to pick one up for yourself, click here! Be sure to check next month's e-newsletter to see if you're our lucky winner! |
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Berry Season |
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June 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, & 26-27
12-4 p.m., drop in anytime
Used for food, medicine, and even for dyes and inks, berries were also a seasonal treat for early Americans. Visitors will explore the importance of berries to both Native Americans and English settlers in the 18th century, make berry ink, put together a refrigerator-jam kit to take home, and receive a berry recipe booklet.
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Garden Day |
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June 12
9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
 Join us again for a day at Historic Deerfield that recognizes the important roles that gardens played for early New Englanders. Enjoy tours of our Cooks' Garden, Open Hearth Cooking with our own garden produce, tastings of herbal foods, culinary-focused house tours, a "Tree and Shrub ID" walk, a talk about Composting and Soil Health, an agricultural walk, and a garden tour focusing on the critical role of pollinators. Take away inspiration, ideas, and recipes. Included with general admission.
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Open Hearth Cooking: Herbs |
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June 12, 19, and 26
 Experience the sights, sounds, and aromas of hearth cooking while learning about colonial foods and diet. See what's growing when you visit the Cooks' Garden dedicated in memory of Margaret Quinn Orloske. Included with general admission.
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Dublin Seminar: Dressing New England: Clothing, Fashion, and Identity
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June 19-20
 The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, in conjunction with Boston University's Program in American and New England Studies, the Costume Society of America, and Historic Deerfield, will present its annual symposium on June 19 and 20 at Eaglebrook School. For more information, please call (978) 369-7382, or visit www.bu.edu.dublinseminar.
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Deerfield Descendants Reunion
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June 25-27
 Descendants of Deerfield families are invited to Historic Deerfield for a weekend of activities that explore and celebrate family history in this special place. Meet distant "cousins," share research information, hear family stories and come away with new information on the place where your ancestors lived. |
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Shadows in the Valley: A Cultural History of Illness, Death, and Loss in New England, 1840-1916
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June 27
2 p.m., White Church Community Center
 Alan C. Swedlund, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will give a lecture followed by a signing of his new book Shadows in the Valley: A Cultural History of Illness, Death, and Loss in New England, 1840-1916. . |
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