Thursday, October 4 through Saturday, October 6, 2018 

“A unique, phenomenal, and deeply treasured experience.”

– Len Berkman, Smith College Professor of Theater

It took eight years of correspondence before Thomas Wentworth Higginson arrived in Amherst to meet his elusive advisee, Emily Dickinson. Before You Became Improbable reimagines the day of that meeting, offering audience members an encounter with her words and poems in a remarkably personal theatrical experience. This immersive journey returns to the Emily Dickinson Museum in October after sold-out productions in 2014 and 2015.Read more→

Monday, October 1, 2018

6:30PM at the Emily Dickinson Museum

View Emily Dickinson’s world through the eyes of an archaeologist during this presentation at the Museum. Faculty and members of the University of Massachusetts Amherst archaeological field school will present findings from their work on the grounds of the Emily Dickinson Museum in the summer of 2018. Their work sheds new light on the location of a former Dickinson family barn and well. Archaeobotany research– a special branch of archaeology studying plant remains in the soil–began at the Museum in 2017 and has continued in 2018. See firsthand how archaeology informs the Museum’s preservation and restoration projects! 

Free and open to the public. No registration required.Read more→

September 6, 2018

The Emily Dickinson Museum participates in Amherst Arts Night Plus on first Thursdays each month. Free and open to all! 

Learn more  at www.EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org/events. Each month enjoy the following:

5 to 8 pm: Pop-up contemporary art exhibit in the Homestead from 

5 to 6 pm: Open mic signups for poets, writers, performers of any kind

6 pm: Open mic begins

Featured readers follow the open mic 

About guest artists at the Emily Dickinson Museum: Please note that the works of guest artists may contain sensitive or mature material and do not necessarily represent the views of the Emily Dickinson Museum.Read more→

Friday, August 24, 2018

What to Expect during Your Visit

On Free Fun Friday, sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation, you can enjoy self-guided tours and more at the Emily Dickinson Museum from 10 am to 5 pm. Free Fun Fridays runs June through August with a schedule of participating organizations. Find out more here: http://www.highlandstreet.org/programs/free-fun-fridays

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Sunday, August 5 from 10AM to 12PM

Bees are Black – with Gilt Surcingles –
Buccaneers of Buzz – 
Ride abroad in ostentation
And subsist on Fuzz –   (Fr1426)

Families are welcome at this celebration of all things pollination at the Emily Dickinson Museum! Did you know Dickinson wrote around 100 poems about bees? She was a keen observer of the natural world where hummingbirds and butterflies also captured her imagination. Perhaps such pollinators fascinated Dickinson because of their contributions to her flower gardens, where their hungry activities supported the growth of her plants! At our Fair, learn more about the continued important of pollinators today, and the things you can do at home to make a happy environment for them.

The Pollinator Fair is free and open to all, but individual activity fees apply.Read more→

August 2, 2018

The Emily Dickinson Museum participates in Amherst Arts Night Plus on first Thursdays each month. Free and open to all! 

Learn more  at www.EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org/events. Each month enjoy the following:

5 to 8 pm: Pop-up contemporary art exhibit in the Homestead from 

5 to 6 pm: Open mic signups for poets, writers, performers of any kind

6 pm: Open mic begins

Featured readers follow the open mic 

About guest artists at the Emily Dickinson Museum: Please note that the works of guest artists may contain sensitive or mature material and do not necessarily represent the views of the Emily Dickinson Museum.Read more→

July 5, 2018

The Emily Dickinson Museum participates in Amherst Arts Night Plus on first Thursdays each month. Free and open to all! Learn more  at www.EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org/events. Each month enjoy the following:

5 to 8 pm: Pop-up contemporary art exhibit in the Homestead from

5 to 6 pm: Open mic signups for poets, writers, performers of any kind

6 pm: Open mic begins

Featured readers follow the open mic 

About guest artists at the Emily Dickinson Museum: Please note that the works of guest artists may contain sensitive or mature material and do not necessarily represent the views of the Emily Dickinson Museum.Read more→

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Time: 1-4 p.m.

Location: Emily Dickinson Museum lawn

Fee: $5 for families, Museum Friends are FREE

Additional activity fees are noted below. 

On Saturday, July 14, the Emily Dickinson Museum will present its annual 19th Century Children’s Circus from 1 to 4 pm on the Emily Dickinson Museum lawn. Especially perfect for children ages 3 to 10 (accompanied by adults), this event is open to the public and $5 for families and FREE for Friends of the Museum.Read more→

Monday to Friday, from 9:30AM – 12:30PM 

In this workshop for ages 9 – 12, led by children’s author and Emily Dickinson Museum tour guide Burleigh Muten, participants will experience Emily Dickinson’s world from a writer’s point of view. 

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