2014
Indian House Open until October 19th
Open Weekends, 11:00 am–4:30 pm
The “Indian House” was built in 1929 as a replica of the famous 1699 Ensign John Sheldon House. Located at 107 Main Street, the house is a few doors north of the Deerfield Inn, on the same side of the street.
Admission is a choice on the Memorial Hall Single Building ticket. All others: $6 for adults; $3 for students (ages 13-18); children 12 and under are free. The door is kept locked, please ring bell for admission.
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At Arm’s Length:
Photographs by Masha Arms
Find more information here.
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Scarecrow Gardens
by Michael Melle
A new collection on display on
Memorial Hall Museum’s front
lawn through October.
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Robert Strong Woodward
SPECIAL EXHIBIT
Memorial Hall Museum
Open through October 13th: There will be a special exhibition of paintings by New England artist Robert Strong Woodward (1885–1957) at Memorial Hall Museum, presented by the Friends of Robert Strong Woodward. Museum admission grants access to both the exhibition and the museum’s collections.
Please join us at 4:30 today, Saturday, October 4th, to hear Peter Trippi, editor of the magazine Fine Art Connoisseur, present “An Artist of His Time: Seeing Robert Strong Woodward in Context.” The lecture will be at the Deerfield Teachers’ Center (located behind Memorial Hall Museum).
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Saturday September 27
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live!
FREE museum admission!
Memorial Hall Museum and Indian House Memorial Children’s Museum will once again participate in Museum Day Live!, an annual event hosted by Smithsonian Magazine. This is a great day to introduce friends to Deerfield. To learn more about Museum Day Live! or to download a free admission ticket, click here.
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Saturday & Sunday, September 20 & 21, 2014
Old Deerfield Fall Craft Fair
Memorial Hall Museum will be open at noon on Saturday and Sunday, featuring two new exhibits—Tools, Trades & Tasks: All Work and No Play and At Arms Length: Photographs by Masha Arms—and the third annual exhibit of Robert Strong Woodward paintings. Lean more here.
10 am – 5 pm Saturday
10 AM – 4 pm Sunday
$7 Adults, $1 Children under 12
GPS – 10 Memorial Street, Deerfield, MA 01342
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Old Deerfield Sunday Afternoon Concert Series 2014
Beautiful chamber music performed in the lovely Victorian setting of Memorial Hall Museum’s Music Room at
3 p.m. on Sundays through July and August. Admission is $10 for adults; $5 for seniors and students. See the schedule below.
July 4th
3 pm, under the trees behind Town Hall
Band Concert
CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
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July 6
Julia Bady, Piano
Kathleen Shimeta, Soprano
America: Poets, Patriotism, Politics and Life
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July 13
Ken Forfia, Piano
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July 20
The Deerfield Trio
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July 27
Bob Cummings, Piano
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August 3
Duo Fusion, Flute and Guitar
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August 10
Akal Dev Sharonne, Flute
Sarah Ehle, Piano
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August 17
Bella Voce
Lisa Woods, Mezzo-Soprano
Teri LaFleur, Soprano
Jerry Noble Piano
www.classicalsinger.net/
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August 24
Pioneer Consort
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August 31
The Valtchev-Tchekoratova Duo
Gregory Valtchev, Violin
Lora Tchekoratova, Piano
May – October 2014
FREE ADMISSION to Memorial Hall Museum for the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families (up to 5 family members), including National Guard and Reserve, through Labor Day, September 1, 2014. More information here.
March & April 2014
Jurassic Road Show Events
Learn more here.
Sunday, April 13, 3 pm
Fine Arts Center, UMass-Amherst
For the hour prior to Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo—all the way from Australia!—Jurassic Roadshow will have displays and an activity in the lobby, in the company of Amherst College’s Beneski Museum of Natural History and The Trustees of Reservations. If you don’t know about Erth’s Japanese-style puppetry, it’s fabulous! You can buy your tickets through this link,
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March 23 in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade! Keep an eye out for the metal dilophosaurus riding on a flatbed. Even a dinosaur can be Irish for a day! Parade details here.
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Saturday and Sunday, March 29-30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Connecticut Valley Mineral Club Annual Show
Clarion Hotel, Northampton, MA
Jurassic Roadshow participated for the first time last year and had such a good time it’s going back!
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