Historic Deerfield
Historic Deerfield, Inc., is dedicated to the heritage and preservation of Deerfield, Massachusetts and the Connecticut River Valley. Historic Deerfield, Inc., which maintains more than 50 buildings in Old Deerfield, focuses on the significance of small-town America to the national culture. Founded in 1952, the museum includes 12 historic houses, which are regularly open to the public as well as the exhibition building, the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. It stewards a nationally significant collection of approximately 28,000 household artifacts both rare and common – including furniture, metalwares, textiles, needlework, ceramics, and more – many with documented histories of local ownership or manufacture. These authentic objects document the stories and founding years of our nation, and through them, visitors learn the stories of generations of real people whose beliefs, belongings, lifestyles, conflicts, economy, and technology unlock the door to the past and help us to better understand today.
JOSIAH DWIGHT HOUSE
The Josiah Dwight House, built around 1725, features striking architectural elements, such as window, door, and dormer pediments as well as a brightly colored facade. Once used as a rooming house, the home originally stood in Springfield, Massachusetts, but was later moved to Deerfield after the structure was threatened with demolition.
Regular Season Hours
April 14, 2018 – December 23, 2018
Open daily 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Memorial Libraries
Open Tuesday – Friday 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Museum Gift Shop & Bookstore
Open Wednesday- Monday (Closed Tuesdays) 10:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m.
The museum is closed on Thanksgiving Day.
• A free orientation film is shown throughout the day at the Visitor Center at Hall Tavern.
• Museum Houses Guided Tours start on the hour.
• Two museum houses are open all day for self-guided tours.
• The Apprentice’s Workshop at Dwight House is open for demonstrations from 12:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Plan your visit using our village map.
Winter Hours
Historic Deerfield’s winter hours go into effect on Monday, December 24. The Flynt Center of Early New England Life will be open Saturdays and Sundays, December 29, 2018 – April 9, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Visitors can enjoy current exhibitions and “The Museum’s Attic” gallery. The Henry N. Flynt Library will be open Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. The Museum Gift Shop & Bookstore is open every day except Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The museum will reopen for the 2019 Season on Saturday, April 13, 2019.
Seasonal Winter Admission: $7 Adults, $5 Youth (ages 6-17), under 6, Deerfield/South Deerfield residents, and members free. Historic Deerfield’s museum houses are closed to the public during the winter months (January-mid-April), however pre-arranged tours-by-appointment, school tours and group tours are scheduled.
Historic Deerfield, Family Workshop
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAApple Time Dates: September 20, 21, 27, 28; October 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 Fall is full of apples! Learn about the heirloom varieties that people planted in Deerfield long ago, including ones like the Westfield’s Seek No Further apple tree outside the History Workshop. Have fun making art with apple stamps. Make…
Historic Deerfield, Historic Trades Demonstrations
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAHistoric Trade Demonstration: Gunsmithing with the Day Brothers Join us for a historic trade demonstration on gunsmithing with the Day Brothers.
Historic Deerfield, Family Workshop
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAApple Time Dates: September 20, 21, 27, 28; October 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 Fall is full of apples! Learn about the heirloom varieties that people planted in Deerfield long ago, including ones like the Westfield’s Seek No Further apple tree outside the History Workshop. Have fun making art with apple stamps. Make…
Historic Deerfield, Living History
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAGreen Valley Homestead Living History Group: Life at Home During the Revolution The Hall Tavern and its grounds will be busy with reenactors and interpreters portraying members of a civilian group from central Massachusetts during the years of the American Revolution. Come meet the reenactors as they demonstrate and discuss aspects of daily life such…
Historic Deerfield, Hearth Cooking Demonstration
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAIndigenous Foods, the Three Sisters, and the Fall Harvest Dates: Oct. 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 24, 25 Today, New England would not be known for baked beans, corn chowder, or pumpkin pie without the contributions of Indigenous foods to the English diet during settler colonization in the 17th and 18th centuries. English settlers remarked on…
Historic Deerfield, Hearth Cooking Demonstration
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAIndigenous Foods, the Three Sisters, and the Fall Harvest Dates: Oct. 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 24, 25 Today, New England would not be known for baked beans, corn chowder, or pumpkin pie without the contributions of Indigenous foods to the English diet during settler colonization in the 17th and 18th centuries. English settlers remarked on…
Historic Deerfield, Family Workshop
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAApple Time Dates: September 20, 21, 27, 28; October 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 Fall is full of apples! Learn about the heirloom varieties that people planted in Deerfield long ago, including ones like the Westfield’s Seek No Further apple tree outside the History Workshop. Have fun making art with apple stamps. Make…
Historic Deerfield, Family Workshop
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAApple Time Dates: September 20, 21, 27, 28; October 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 Fall is full of apples! Learn about the heirloom varieties that people planted in Deerfield long ago, including ones like the Westfield’s Seek No Further apple tree outside the History Workshop. Have fun making art with apple stamps. Make…
Historic Deerfield, Historic Trades Demonstrations
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAHistoric Trade Demonstration: The Doctor is in! Exploring 18th Century Medicine with Dr. Jack Richman Explore 18th Century Medicine with Dr. Jack Richman.
Historic Deerfield, Hearth Cooking Demonstration
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MACooking with Heirloom Apples Date: September 13, 20, 27 Location: Hall Tavern Kitchen We will be cooking and baking with heirloom apples, like Baldwin and Northern Spy, which are grown in Deerfield at Clarkdale Fruit Farm. Learn about the different varieties of apples and which ones were used for baking, cooking, and making cider. Included…
Historic Deerfield, Family Workshop
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAApple Time Dates: September 20, 21, 27, 28; October 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 Fall is full of apples! Learn about the heirloom varieties that people planted in Deerfield long ago, including ones like the Westfield’s Seek No Further apple tree outside the History Workshop. Have fun making art with apple stamps. Make…
Historic Deerfield, Family Workshop
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAApple Time Dates: September 20, 21, 27, 28; October 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 Fall is full of apples! Learn about the heirloom varieties that people planted in Deerfield long ago, including ones like the Westfield’s Seek No Further apple tree outside the History Workshop. Have fun making art with apple stamps. Make…
Historic Deerfield, Hearth Cooking Demonstration
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MACooking with Heirloom Apples Date: September 13, 20, 27 Location: Hall Tavern Kitchen We will be cooking and baking with heirloom apples, like Baldwin and Northern Spy, which are grown in Deerfield at Clarkdale Fruit Farm. Learn about the different varieties of apples and which ones were used for baking, cooking, and making cider. Included…
Historic Deerfield, Natural History Walk Around Old Deerfield
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MATake a guided walk around Old Deerfield! Dates: August 21, September 18, October 16, November 20 Starting Time: 3 p.m. Location: Meet at the Visitor Center at Hall Tavern Experience the beauty of Old Deerfield with our popular afternoon Natural History Walks! Join us on select Thursdays for a guided walk around Old Deerfield. Witness…
Historic Deerfield, Hearth Cooking Demonstration
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MACooking with Heirloom Apples Date: September 13, 20, 27 Location: Hall Tavern Kitchen We will be cooking and baking with heirloom apples, like Baldwin and Northern Spy, which are grown in Deerfield at Clarkdale Fruit Farm. Learn about the different varieties of apples and which ones were used for baking, cooking, and making cider. Included…
Historic Deerfield, Fall Forum
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAJoin Us for Our 2025 Fall Forum Fashioning the Body: Dress in New England 1600–1900 Friday-Saturday, September 12–13, 2025 Deerfield, Massachusetts and on Zoom IN-PERSON REGISTRATION VIRTUAL REGISTRATION SEE THE FULL EVENT SCHEDULE Fashion has garnered great interest in recent decades and research into the history of clothing has yielded new insights into culturally embedded ideas…
Historic Deerfield, Performance
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAHistoric houses help us imagine what home life for some people in colonial Massachusetts might have looked like, but what might it have sounded like? Find out at this performance of historical music ensemble Lyracle’s program, Musick’s Recreation. In this program, Lyracle focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial Massachusetts as well as viol…
Historic Deerfield, Living History
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MALadies’ Association of Revolutionary America: Getting Ready for Winter during Wartime Location: Hall Tavern Come visit with this group of living historians as they interpret daily life in a New England town grappling with divided loyalties to the Patriot cause and the King. Discover what life was like for women and children in an 18th-century…
Historic Deerfield, Labor Day Weekend
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAThis Weekend at Historic Deerfield (Open This Labor Day 9/1!) Open rain or shine | Included with general admission HISTORIC TRADE DEMONSTRATION Suds and Surgery August 30 & 31 | 10 a.m.–4 p.m. | Apprentice’s Workshop It’s Labor Day weekend and the work never ends! Have you ever wondered how people did their laundry before…
Historic Deerfield, Natural History Walk Around Old Deerfield
Historic Deerfield 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MATake a guided walk around Old Deerfield! Dates: August 21, September 18, October 16, November 20 Starting Time: 3 p.m. Location: Meet at the Visitor Center at Hall Tavern Experience the beauty of Old Deerfield with our popular afternoon Natural History Walks! Join us on select Thursdays for a guided walk around Old Deerfield. Witness…
