HOME

Old Deerfield, Massachusetts

Museums of Deerfield

Memorial Hall Museum / Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association / Deerfield Children's Museum

 

Surrounded by gentle meadows and wooded hills, the 300 year old village of Deerfield speaks with quiet eloquence of New England's rural past. The village museum, Memorial Hall, is one of New England's oldest museums.  When Deerfield Academy's original 1798 school building became available, antiquarian George Sheldon organized the collection of artifacts he was assembling and in 1880, Memorial Hall opened.   The museum's extraordinary collection of furnishings, paintings, textiles and Indian artifacts is "the finest collection of local antiquities in New England and one of America's oldest museums."

About Us   

Become a Member Today!         Make a Donation!

Portrait of Rhoda W. Smith
(1775-1818) on exhibit at Memorial Hall Museum
. 

Are you an Old Deerfield

Grammer School Alumnus or Friend?

Click Here for Our Reunion Page

                 

 

 

See our On-Line Museum - American Centuries

See our map and guide to African American sites.  Historic Sites Guide

More than 2000 artifacts and documents from our collection, interactive activities and resources for teachers and students alike.

 

New Release  "Romance Remedies & Revolution",  The Journal of Dr. Elihu Ashley of Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1773-1775.  $39.95.    Go to Publications to purchase a copy.

                       Raid on deerfield Online Exhibit

Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704   

Was this dramatic pre-dawn assault in contested lands an unprovoked, brutal attack on an innocent village of English settlers? Was it a justified military action against a stockaded settlement in a Native homeland? Or was it something else? Explore this website and hear all sides of the story—then you decide.

 

The Captivation of Eunice Williams (www.EUNICEWILLIAMS.com)
Discover The Captivation of Eunice Williams--an opera based on the life of a captive of the 1704 Raid

The Acropolis Project

Renovating the former Town Hall, Town Office, and Old Deerfield Grammar School. Funded in part by a grant from the Save American Treasures program and

 

Come To our Award Winning Old Deerfield Craft Fairs
Old Deerfield Craft FairsOld Deerfield
Craft Fairs
P. O. Box 323
Deerfield, MA 01342
Phone: 413-774-7476, ext. 18
E-mail: info@deerfield-craft.org

See our map and guide to African American sites. Historic Sites Guide

Go to Top

 

                    The Mohawk Trail         

Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association

   Memorial Hall Museum

We are supported in part by the Institute of Museum Services, a Federal agency serving the nation's museums and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE
Massachusetts Cultural Council                                       Institute of Museum and Library Services
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL
A state agency supporting the arts, humanities, and sciences which                           
also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800)795-3272 (voice) or (202)720-6382 (TDD) USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Contact Us

Content Copyright © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association 2001-2002
Web site/graphic design Copyright © Tortus Technologies 2002

Designed and hosted by Tortus-Technologies