Historic Deerfield 2015 Annual Report Historic Deerfield Celebrates the 50Th Anniversary of Its Textile Collection
Historic Deerfield 2015 Annual Report Historic Deerfield Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of its Textile Collection On June 4, 1965, the brand new Fabric Hall was opened to the public at Hall allowed Mrs. Flynt free reign to display a range of items in the Historic Deerfield (then known as The Heritage Foundation). Situated collection, from more exotic and opulent textiles to historic fashions behind the Silver Museum in a renovated 1870s barn (now Historic and textiles demonstrating aesthetic or technical excellence. Deerfield’s History Workshop), Fabric Hall showcased the In 1998, the extensive textile collection, which today numbers museum’s growing collection of clothing, needlework some 8,000 objects, was officially moved to the Flynt and domestic textiles. The gallery, which included Center of Early New England Life, a state of the art innovative ambient lighting, air conditioning, and space that allows the museum to permanently radiant floor heat, conveyed an early awareness of display items from the collection in the exhibition the need to monitor environmental conditions “Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier to protect fragile items. Fabric Hall was Flynt Textile Gallery.” The exhibition the dream of Helen Geier Flynt (1895- features a vast array of costumes, 1986) who, along with her husband, needlework and domestic textiles Henry N. Flynt (1893-1970), from the 17th to the 19th founded Historic Deerfield. centuries which are displayed No longer limited to the on a rotating basis. small spaces of the historic house museums, Fabric Message from the Chair, Board of Trustees Fiscal year 2015 brought success at many programs for visitors including historic trades levels: the museum achieved the strategic demonstrations, exhibitions, a summer and goals set by the Board for the year, established winter lecture series, forums, workshops, the Deerfield Collectors Guild and acquired education programs, school programs, and two major objects for the collection, and much more.
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