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About Historic Deerfield
Historic Deerfield (www.historic-deerfield.org) is a nationally recognized museum offering tours of period houses and the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. Now featuring exhibitions:
- Educating the Mind's Eye: The Art of Young Adults,. 1790-1840 on view through September 4, 2011.
- Into the Woods: Crafting Early American Furniture, a long-term furniture exhibition.
- Engraved Powder Horns from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The William H. Guthman Collection, permanent.
- Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery, a permanent exhibition with changing elements.
Historic Deerfield also offers relaxed fine dining at Champney's Restaurant and Tavern at the Deerfield Inn, lodging in the Deerfield Inn (www.deerfieldinn.com), and shopping at the Museum Store (www.deerfieldstore.com). Please call 413-775-7214 for museum information and program schedule. |
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 Museums10 is a dynamic collaboration that heightens awareness of the distinctive offerings of the individual institutions while highlighting the cultural diversity and outstanding educational resource that they collectively represent. Museums10 is facilitated by Five Colleges, Inc., which provides major administrative support for the partnership. Museums10 includes: the Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College; Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and The Evergreens; The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art; Hampshire College Art Gallery; Historic Deerfield; Mead Art Museum at Amherst College; Mount Holyoke College Art Museum; Yiddish Book Center; Smith College Museum of Art; and the University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass Amherst. For more information, visit www.museums10.org. |
 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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Historic Deerfield
www.historic-deerfield.org
80 Old Main Street, P.O. Box 321
Deerfield, Massachusetts 01342
T: 413-775-7127 F: 413-775-7220 |
Historic Deerfield will be open daily during the regular season, with most museum houses are available for touring on the hour during guided tours that last approximately one-half hour each. Two museum houses are open all day for self-guided tours, as is the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. The Apprentice's Workshop at Dwight House is open from 12-4 p.m. A free orientation film is shown throughout the day at the Hall Tavern Visitor Center. Pre-arranged tours-by-appointment and group tours can be scheduled at 413-775-7132 or tours@historic-deerfield.org.