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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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| Discover Deerfield |
 | A portion of Historic Deerfield's operating funds is provided through a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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| Old House Live | 
Coming to West Springfield, Ma. November 19-21, 2010
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Congratulations to Betsy Hayes!
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Betsy is the lucky winner of the September 2010 prize drawing for a free Historic Deerfield Umbrella. Be sure to check next month's e-newsletter to see if you're our lucky winner!
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| Sign-up Now for "The Full Splendor of Beauty and Grace: Design and Proportion in Early American Architecture and Furniture" | |  November 12-14, 2010
Historic Deerfield will offer a symposium that explores design and proportion in early American furniture and architecture through lectures by international experts and hands-on workshops by master cabinetmakers. Pre-registration is required. For more information or to register for this event, please contact Julie Marcinkiewicz at 413-775-7179 or events@historic-deerfield.org.
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Songs of Home and Harvest with Cliff McGann
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Saturday, October 2
2 p.m., White Church Community Center
 Visitors of all ages are invited to attend a performance by musician and folklorist Cliff McGann who grew up outside of Boston with a strong connection to family in Nova Scotia. Today he continues to study, perform, and interpret music and folklore of both New England and Nova Scotia. He performs as a solo artist, and also regularly with The Boston Kiltics, a New England-based Celtic music and dance troupe. Included with general admission.LEARN MORE>>>
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Pots, Pans and Porridge: Children in the Colonial Kitchen
| |  October 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 30 * Family Activities 12-4:30 p.m., History Workshop, drop in anytime The kitchen was the center of activity in the Colonial era. Food preparation took a great deal of time, and children were expected to help with the many chores of meal time. Families are invited to come to the History Workshop where they can learn about making a colonial dinner through role playing. Using props and dress-up clothing, children can pretend to cook, shell peas, and measure and mix ingredients for a pot of "pease porridge." Cooks of all ages can gather some 18th-century recipes and put them together to make a small cookbook to take home along with the ingredients to make a pea soup. Included with general admission.
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| "What's Cooking?" Open Hearth Cooking Demonstrations | |  October 2,9-10,16,23,30-31
9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Hall Tavern Kitchen, drop in anytime
Historic Deerfield's open hearth cooks will prepare select dishes that are on display in the Sheldon House, Hinsdale and Anna Williams House, and Stebbins House as part of the exhibition Dinner is Served!: Dining and the Decorative Arts. Come see "what's cooking" and learn how these dishes were prepared in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Also offered October 2, 9-10, 16, 23, 30-31. Included with general admission.
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2010 ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show
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Sun., Oct. 10, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Deerfield Academy Hockey Rink
 No matter your level of interest or ability to collect antiques, there will be something for everybody at the 2010 ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show. The two-day event will include more than 50 of the country's leading antique dealers selling thousands of rare antiques-from furniture and carpets to books and quilts. Admission to the show is $12 ($10 members), and includes access to the Flynt Center of Early New England Life and the Apprentice's Workshop at Dwight House. Click here to view an online show catalogue.
Historic Deerfield will also offer a Colonial Tavern Night on Saturday, October 9, focusing on the traditional New England harvest and featuring live entertainment by Bob Olsen as magician Mr. Potter and music by the Merry Players. For Colonial Tavern Night reservations, please call 413-775-7179 or e-mail events@historic-deerfield.org.
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Archaeology Day
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Join us at 10 a.m. for an Archaeological Walking Tour with Bob Paynter, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Enjoy a guided tour of the Old Burying Ground with a guide from Historic Deerfield at 12 noon. Free and open to the public.
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| Supernatural Sunday: Halloween in Deerfield | |  October 31
11 a.m.-4 p.m., drop in anytimeEnjoy the fun of Halloween and the beauty of harvest during the fall season. Historic Deerfield presents seasonal hearth cooking, pumpkin decorating, wagon rides, mask-making, and face painting. Wear a costume and enjoy some early trick-or-treating at select historic houses. Included with general admission. LEARN MORE>>>
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