Memorial Hall Museum

Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield MAMemorial Hall Museum is now closed for the season. It will reopen for the 2025 season, 11 am to 4:30 pm on weekends in May and Tuesday through Sunday (closed Mondays) from June through October. Admission is FREE, donations welcome. We look forward to welcoming you again next season. Learn more about the museum here..

 

PVMA Launches its 8th NEA Big Read!

Learn about this year’s book selection and developing Calendar of Events here.  The 2024/25 NEA Big Read explores the theme, “Where We Live” through Ross Gay’s poetry collection, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude.

.NEW ROOTS IN RIVER BANKS

Contributions of Polish & Other Eastern European Immigrants to the Connecticut River Valley
Free Exhibit & Events 2024 – 2025

Eastern European Exhibit Moves To Greenfield’s Lava Center

.NEW ROOTS IN RIVER BANKS Contributions of Polish & Other Eastern European Immigrants to the Connecticut River Valley

Through April 2025
The Lava Center
324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA
cafe+gallery hours:
Thursdays 11am–2pm
Thursdays 5–8pm
Fridays 5–8pm
Saturdays 11am–2pm

Friday, Mar 28, 2025
6:00pm—7:30pm

Public talk delivered by Jeanne Sojka and Peter Thomas

 More about the event at the Lava Center here

About the
NEW ROOTS IN RIVER BANKS
Eastern European Exhibit

Polish Designs

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BARBIE – ALL DOLLED UP

We opened Memorial Hall for the 2024 season with Barbie – All Dolled Up in Deerfield, one of our three special exhibits this year. All Dolled Up covers an entire wall in the museum’s Costume Gallery to showcase this collection of 58 stunning designer Barbie Dolls from Bob Mackie, Christian Dior, Oscar de la Renta, and more.

Barbie is terrific “material culture” that captures a piece of mid-20th to early 21st centuries history. She has a story to tell, like the many dolls from over the centuries we display. Also, visit the 3rd floor gallery to view our collection of doll treasures from the past and present.

FEBRUARY 29, 1704
The Raid on Deerfield and its Legacy

.The story of Deerfield’s defining moment and its lasting impacts are told through a multicultural lens. With the famous Old Sheldon House Door as the centerpiece, this exhibit uses rare objects and documents to tell the story of the 1704 Raid on Deerfield.
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Founded in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1870 as the first historical society in Western Massachusetts, today the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association is a vibrant regional organization, supporting the Memorial Hall Museum and Library, Deerfield Teachers’ Center, Indian House Children’s Museum, and Community Outreach projects. Click the links on the sidebar to the right for information about each aspect of PVMA.

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