Past Events

Emily Dickinson's handwriting on a letter and envelope

Poetry Discussion Group Spring 2025 Series

A lively virtual discussion of Emily Dickinson’s poetry and letters, meeting once a month from February to May...
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Educator Workshop
Dickinson’s Planetary Poems
Wednesday, October 22, 6:30pm ET

Virtual Program - An exploration of digital tools available for teaching and reading Dickinson...
graphic Educator Workshop - Dickinson’s Gardens and Volcanoes

Educator Workshop
Dickinson’s Gardens and Volcanoes
Tuesday, November 11, 6:30pm ET

- An exploration of digital tools available for teaching and reading Dickinson...
Blue Staffordshire ceramic transferware pitcher with blue glaze showing a scene of a man sitting across from a monument with the name "Franklin" at the base with a tall ship in the distance, known as "Lafayette at Franklin's tomb".

A Barefoot Citizen
America’s 250th Anniversary
Thursday, June 25, 6pm ET

Free Virtual Program - An exploration of Dickinson family objects within the context of national identity and events...

Educator Workshop
Learning from Dickinson’s Letters
Wednesday, December 3, 6:30pm ET

- An exploration of digital tools available for teaching and reading Dickinson...
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Kimaya Diggs Concert
Amherst BID’s Summer Concert Series
Friday, August 7, 5:30pm ET

Free In-Person Program - Free concert by Kimaya Diggs in collaboration with the Amherst Business Improvement District...
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Emily Dickinson 195th Birthday Open House
Sat., Dec. 6, 1-4:30pm ET, 2025

FREE In-Person Program - You are cordially invited to the Emily Dickinson Museum’s in-person celebration of the poet’s 195th birthday!...
Graphic for Emily Dickinson's 193rd birthday. Dickinson is photoshopped to stand in front of ballons and big text with the numbers 193.

SOLD OUT – Emily Dickinson 193rd Birthday Open House
Sat., Dec. 9, 1-4:30pm ET

(IN-PERSON PROGRAM) You are cordially invited to the Emily Dickinson Museum’s in-person celebration of the poet’s 193rd birthday!...
the Evergreens surrounded by beautiful fall trees

Duties beautifully done:
A Dickinson Birthday Celebration
Monday, Dec. 11, 6pm ET

(VIRTUAL PROGRAM) - A celebration of Emily Dickinson’s 193rd birthday with Executive Director Jane Wald and Dickinson scholar Martha Nell Smith...
graphic delve into dickinson - Nature and God – I neither knew

Nature and God – I neither knew
Dickinson, Scientist of Faith
Thursday, September 12, 6:30pm ET

- A workshop for educators discussing a range of Dickinson poems with scientific content...
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A Dickinson Birthday Celebration
Weds., Dec. 10, 6pm ET, 2025

FREE Virtual Program - A celebration of Emily Dickinson’s 195th birthday...
Emily Dickinson's handwriting on a letter and envelope

Poetry Discussion Group Spring 2024 Series

A lively virtual discussion of Emily Dickinson’s poetry and letters, meeting once a month from February to May...
graphic delve into dickinson - Dwelling in Possibility

Dwelling in Possibility
The Pleasurable Path of What if Poems
Thurs., November 21, 6:30pm ET

- An educator workshop exploring how to write poems that begin in surprise and motor towards wisdom or delight...
a model dressed as Dickinson with her back to the camera sitting at her writing desk

‘Revolution is the Pod’:
Emily Dickinson’s American Poetry
NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Program
July 19-24 or 26-31, 2026

Designed for K-12 educators, this workshop will examine Dickinson’s poetry in light of the rhetoric of her day, as Americans grappled with a national identity one century on from the American Revolution...
3 people on a tour of Dickinson's bedroom

FREE Day [Sold Out]
Highland Street August Adventures
Weds., August 14

IN-PERSON PROGRAM - FREE admission to the Emily Dickinson Museum sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation...