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The Emily Dickinson Museum includes The Homestead, where poet Emily Dickinson was born and lived most of her life, and The Evergreens, home of the poet’s brother and his family. The two houses share three acres of the original Dickinson property in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts.
The Emily Dickinson Museum is open for the 2014 season. Our hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Visits beyond the Museum's Tour Center are by guided tour only; please consult our current tour schedule for details.
Visit our events page to explore all that will be happening this year, including our new "Dickinsons in Love" program, an expanded Garden Days in June, our annual Poetry Walk, Children's Circus, and Poetry Marathon, and much more!
What did “love” mean to nineteenth-century New Englanders? During this program, visitors will explore the multiple romantic relationships of three generations of the Dickinson family at the Homestead and The Evergreens. The program premieres Friday, March 21 from 7-9 p.m. and Saturday, March 22 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Details>>
In 2013, the Emily Dickinson Museum celebrated the tenth anniversary of the re-unification of the Homestead and The Evergreens as a single estate. In our anniversary report, you’ll find highlights of the Museum’s history, programs, exhibitions, restoration work, and near-term plans. Details>>
Emily Dickinson's manuscripts--housed in several academic repositories--are available for viewing on-line! Check out the Digital and Electronic Research Resources on the Museum's "Resources and Bibliography" page for the latest links!
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A precious - mouldering pleasure - 'tis -
To meet an Antique Book -
In just the Dress his Century wore -
A privilege - I think -
His venerable Hand to take -
And warming in our own -
A passage back - or two - to make -
To Times when he - was young -
His quaint opinions - to inspect -
His thought to ascertain -
On Themes concern our mutual mind -
The Literature of Man -
What interested Scholars - most -
What Competitions ran -
When Plato - was a Certainty -
And Sophocles - a Man -
When Sappho - was a living Girl -
And Beatrice wore -
The Gown that Dante - deified -
Facts Centuries before
He traverses - familiar -
As One should come to Town -
And tell you all your Dreams - were true -
He lived - where Dreams were born -
His presence is enchantment -
You beg him not to go -
Old Volumes shake their Vellum Heads -
And tantalize - just so -
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Learn more about Dickinson’s poetry
Read about her family and friends
Find answers to frequently asked questions
Check out Dickinson in the News
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