Following recent Amherst College campus policies concerning the spread of COVID-19, the Emily Dickinson Museum will be closed beginning Sunday, March 15, 2020. Guided tours and public programs will be cancelled at least through April 30, 2020. We will be assessing the situation on an ongoing basis and will resume our tour and program schedule as soon as it is safe to do so.

We understand this schedule change may affect previous plans. We apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to welcoming you to the Museum as soon as we are able.

The Emily Dickinson Museum is owned by the Trustees of Amherst College. Find more information on Amherst College’s actions.

Studio Sessions in Emily Dickinson’s Bedroom

Spend a “sweet hour” in Emily Dickinson’s bedroom to invigorate your artistic output.

Cancelled: Poetry Discussion Group, March 20, 2020

Engage in lively conversation about poetry and letters.

Postponed: Martha Ackmann Book Talk and Signing, March 29, 2020

Discover the book that provides new insights into Emily Dickinson.

Postponed: Amherst Arts Night Plus Open Mic, April 2, 2020 c and Features, April 2, 2020

Poets, writers, and performers of any kind are welcome to our monthly open mic.

The Soul has Bandaged moments (360)

The Soul has Bandaged moments –
When too appalled to stir –
She feels some ghastly Fright come up
And stop to look at her –

Salute her, with long fingers –
Caress her freezing hair –
Sip, Goblin, from the very lips
The Lover – hovered – o’er –
Unworthy, that a thought so mean
Accost a Theme – so – fair –Read more→

Posted in Poems by Emily Dickinson and tagged poem.

The Emily Dickinson Museum welcomes inquiries from researchers and strives to support their work.

Research at the Museum can be useful not only to Dickinson scholars but also to researchers interested in nineteenth-century material culture, social and cultural trends, domestic life, architecture, and decorative arts.

The Museum does not own Dickinson manuscripts or family papers but works closely with the institutions that do. The two major repositories for Emily Dickinson’s manuscripts and family papers are Amherst College and Harvard University. Additional repositories exist at the Jones Library in Amherst, MA, Mt. Holyoke College, Yale, and the Boston Public Library.

To learn more about digital and electronic Dickinson research resources, visit these institutional archives: