Memorial Hall Museum - PVMA Deerfield

Memorial Hall Museum - PVMA Deerfield
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Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
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Memorial Hall Museum
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Indian House Children’s Museum
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Old Deerfield Craft Fairs
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African Americans in Rural New England
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Memorial Hall 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 is one of America’s oldest museums.
Learn more about Memorial Hall Museum
here
.
Come explore 19 rooms of art, culture and history!
See some of the collection highlights
here
; find
out about this year’s Special Exhibits
here;
and upcoming Events
here
.
Search
our online catalog
here
.
We look forward to seeing you at MEMORIAL HALL MUSEUM this coming season!
MHM will open weekends in May, and then Tuesday – Sunday, 11 am – 4: 30 pm, June 2 – October 31, 2026. Learn more about the museum
HERE
.
Get directions
here
.
Keep up with events and musings by following us on social media. Use the Facebook links in the sidebar and find us on Instagram.
Note to Teachers and Special Interest Groups:
Memorial Hall Museum
is also available for field trips and group tours. More information
here
.
Memorial Hall Museum joins museums nationwide in the
Blue Star Museums
initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. Blue Star Museums is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and participating museums nationwide.  “Like the resilience that military families demonstrate time and again, PVMA’s Memorial Hall Museum is an example of resiliency in the arts sector over the past year,” said Ann Eilers, acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. “We are grateful to PVMA’s Memorial Hall Museum for their leadership in strengthening community through their participation in the Blue Star Museums program this summer.”
Library
The
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Library
—located next to Memorial Hall Museum—has an exceptional collection of manuscripts, diaries, account books, town records, maps and other documentation.
The PVMA library, part of the Memorial Libraries (the PVMA library and
Historic Deerfield library
) is open year-round, Tuesday through Friday 9 am–12pm and 1–5 pm; closed Mondays and holidays.
NOTE: The library will be closed to the public Wednesday, December 24,2025 through Monday, January 5, 2026.
It will reopen on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
For general inquiries, call 413-775-7125 or email
library@deerfieldmuseum.org
.
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ABOUT
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
News About Us
Memorial Hall Museum
Library
Deerfield Teachers’ Center
Indian House Children’s Museum
Planned Giving
CONTACT
EVENTS
Events Calendar & Concerts
Old Deerfield Craft Fairs
VISIT
School Programs and Group Tours
SEE
Special Exhibits
Online Exhibits, Education and Teachers Resources
What’s New and Highlights
SHOP
SUPPORT
Donations
Membership
Planned Giving
Services Payment
COMMUNITY
African Americans in Rural New England
Jurassic Roadshow
NEA Big Reads – Out in the Community
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