| Historic Deerfield
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2011 Regular Season
House Museums and the Flynt Center Open Daily
April 16-November 27, 2011
9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
(except Thanksgiving, Nov. 24)
Current Exhibitions in the Flynt Center:
Memorial Libraries open Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-12 p.m., and 1-5 p.m. Museum Store open Wednesday-Friday 12-5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Closed Monday & Tuesday. [Starting April 16 - open daily 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.] |
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2011 Regular Season Begins April 16, 2011 | | |
 The museum will reopen for the 2011 Regular Season on Saturday, April 16, with a new "Patriot's Day Revolutionary Muster & Parade" special event. Historic Deerfield's museum houses, as well as the Flynt Center of Early New England Life, will be available for touring from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily (except Thanksgiving Day, November 24). As always, pre-arranged tours-by-appointment and group tours can also be scheduled. For more information, please call 413-775-7132 or e-mail tours@historic-deerfield.org.
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Congratulations to Louise Lucht! |
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 Louise is the lucky winner of the March 2011 prize drawing for a new Historic Deerfield double-walled cold cup - perfect for your favorite cold beverage. Be sure to check next month's e-newsletter to see if you're our lucky winner! |
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New Patriot's Day Revolutionary Muster & Parade | | | Commemorate the "shot heard 'round the world"
Saturday, April 16
 Travel back in time and rediscover the revolutionary past and the "shot heard round the world" at Historic Deerfield during the Patriot's Day Revolutionary Muster & Parade. This new special event will offer a full day of activities for visitors of all ages throughout the village.
Revolutionary times will come to life through demonstrations of period crafts and activities, fife and drum music, and a parade and muster. Historic Deerfield guides and cooks will interpret open  hearth cooking and powder horn carving in the 1786 Hall Tavern. Horse-drawn wagon rides will transport visitors through the village, and all historic houses will be available for touring. Visitors can make a flag to wave during the afternoon parade, and then take it home as a memento. Self-guided "Liberty Walk" tours will be available, as well as family-friendly food at the Deerfield Inn and the Bement School.
From the opening "Reveille" at 10 a.m., visitors can experience a typical colonial training day. Highlights will include a parade to the Town Green, the reading aloud of an official "Muster," as well as a firing of black powder. On-going demonstrations include camp cooking, sewing uniforms, and children's toys and games by The Nathan Hale Ancient Fifes and Drums.
The Patriot's Day Revolutionary Muster & Parade will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Admission is $12 for adults (18+), $5 for youth (6-17), under 6 and members are free.
Group rates available by advance purchase - perfect for seniors, homeschoolers, scouts, and anyone visiting with 10 or more people. For group information and reservations, please contact Lillian Miskinis, Visitor Services Manager, at (413) 775-7132.
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| April School Vacation Week -The Student Art of Quillwork | | | April 18-24 * Family Activities
12-4:30 p.m., drop in anytime
Families can explore amazing art objects made by schoolchildren two hundred years ago at the exhibition Educating the Mind's Eye: The Art of Young Adults, 1790-1840. On display in the Flynt Center of Early New England Life, the exhibition features student painting, embroidery, calligraphy, and even decorated boxes and worktables. At the History Workshop learn about the unique art forms that were once a regular part of children's school education in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Try the student art of quillwork, which uses curled strips of paper to make pictures. All week take a lesson at the one-room Wapping Schoolhouse. Also learn about trades at the Apprentice's Workshop, and open-hearth cooking in the 1786 Hall Tavern kitchen. Included with general admission.
Quillwork will also be the focus of family activities on the weekend of April 30-May 1, 12-4:30 p.m., drop in anytime
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| Easter Brunch at the Deerfield Inn | |  Easter is just a hop and a skip away! |
| One-Day Forum on Quilts - Saturday, May 14 | | |
"Exquisite Selections": An Exploration of 18th- and 19th-century Quilts at Historic Deerfield
9:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., White Church Community Center
 This one-day forum explores the creation, history, interpretation and care of whole cloth and pieced quilts. Join Linda Eaton, Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles at the Winterthur Museum, and Historic Deerfield staff for an insightful look into this decorative, practical and symbolic form of needlework. This day-long event will feature examples from Historic Deerfield's own outstanding collection. Participants will also have the opportunity to view quilts in the historic setting of the Wells-Thorn House. Eaton will sign copies of her recent book, Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection. Registration is $105 ($95 for members). For more information or to register for this event, please call (413) 775-7179 or e-mail events@historic-deerfield.org.
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