Tag: #FranklinCoMA
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Painting a More Complete Picture: “Unnamed Figures” Highlights Black Presence and Absence in Early American History
By Chris Larabee in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on April 18, 2024 In partnership with the American Folk Art Museum, Historic Deerfield is presenting an exhibition on the unexplored histories of Black people in early America. “Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North” explores Black representation in paintings, needlework, ceramics and other media…
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Historic Deerfield Looks to Shine Light on Untold History with Memorial Plaques
By Chris Larabee in the Greenfield Recorder on October 12, 2022 DEERFIELD — Up and down Old Main Street, houses from the Colonial era still stand, now turned into educational opportunities by Historic Deerfield in an effort to share the town’s rich history. That history, however, didn’t always consist of the full representation, until Wednesday morning.…
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Historic Deerfield Unveils Witness Stones
By Richard Damas on Spectrum News 1 on October 12, 2022 DEERFIELD, Mass. – Historic Deerfield paid tribute to American history Wednesday by unveiling memorials around the museum to the enslaved individuals who once lived in the area. Historic Deerfield partnered with The Witness Stones Project and revealed 19 memorial plaques at 12 locations around the…
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Historic Deerfield Unveils Witness Stones
By Emma McCorkindale and Heath Kalb on WWLP on October 12, 2022 DEERFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Historic Deerfield unveiled 19 memorial plaques at 12 different locations on Wednesday. Historic Deerfield, in partnership with Witness Stones Project, unveiled 19 memorial plaques along the museum’s mile-long street. Inspired by the Stolpersteine Project in Germany which commemorates…
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Historic Deerfield Unveils Witness Stones Map
For more information about the Witness Stones Project at Historic Deerfield can be found here.
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Historic Deerfield Partners with Witness Stone Project to Unveil Memorials Honoring Enslaved Persons
(Deerfield, M.A.) – Historic Deerfield, in partnership with The Witness Stones Project™, will be unveiling 19 memorial plaques at 12 locations along the museum’s mile-long street. The plaques honor enslaved persons who once lived in the historic homes that make up the Historic Deerfield Museum. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 12, 2022…
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WSP Affiliate Historic Deerfield to Celebrate Juneteenth Through Song
By Chris Larabee in the Greenfield Recorder on June 16, 2022 DEERFIELD — Historic Deerfield is inviting residents to celebrate Juneteenth and learn about local ties to abolition through song on Sunday. The museum is hosting “Songs of Abolition: A Juneteenth Concert Celebration at Historic Deerfield” to commemorate Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when the…
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WSP Looks Forward to Working with New Historic Deerfield President
The Greenfield Recorder on September 27, 2021 DEERFIELD — Historic Deerfield welcomed John Davis, the museum’s new president and CEO, earlier this month as he begins his job after being hired in May. Davis, the former provost and undersecretary for museums, education and research at the Smithsonian Institution, said in a press release that…
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Historic Deerfield Joins Witness Stones Project
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with Historic Deerfield. The museum will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their teaching of the history of…
