Three smiling volunteers at the Amherst poetry fest, 2009

Amherst Art Walk with Jan Freeman and Ellen Hart

Date: Thursday, August 6, 2018
Time: 5-8 p.m.
Location: Homestead Parlor

Join us for our monthly Amherst Art Walk program.

This month, poet and Paris Press Executive Director Jan Freeman and Ellen Hart, co-editor (along with Emily Dickinson International Society President Martha Nell Smith) of the Paris Press publication Open Me Carefully, will be the featured readers starting at 7 pm in the Homestead parlor. Freeman and Hart’s presentation will address women’s voices, past and present, in publication. Paris Press, founded in 1995 as a platform for overlooked women’s literature, published Open Me Carefully in 1998, which features Emily Dickinson’s 40-year correspondence with her sister-in-law and neighbor Susan Huntington Dickinson. Freeman and Hart’s readings will explore the arc of a relationship through these letters and through Freeman’s own contemporary poetry.

Tours of The Evergreens will also be offered for $5 from 5pm to 7 pm.

Accessibility

The Emily Dickinson Museum welcomes all visitors.

Physical Accessibility

Our Tour Center, bathroom, and first floor of the Homestead and The Evergreens and a portion of the museum grounds are wheelchair accessible. Due to their historic architecture, the second floors of each house are not accessible to wheelchair users and other visitors who need to avoid stairs.

For planning purposes, please note the following:

Because of the historic nature of the two Dickinson houses, neither house includes an elevator to the second floor.
The first floor of the Homestead includes the Tour Center, parlors, and library. Emily Dickinson’s bedroom is accessed by a fifteen-step staircase with double railings.
The Evergreens is located approximately one hundred yards from the Homestead and is reachable by paved sidewalk or a compacted gravel path. The first floor is wheelchair accessible. The second floor is accessed by a thirteen-step staircase with a railing on one side.
Visitors who are unable to use the stairs are provided with a web-based virtual tour of the second-floor rooms. Staff are present to answer questions about the spaces.
Chairs are provided in each room for visitor comfort.

Sign Language Interpretation

Sign-language interpretation is available free of charge for tours and museum programs by request with three week’s notice sent to EDMPrograms@EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org.

Service Animals

Service dogs are welcome throughout the property, including both historic houses.

Care Partners

Care partners of visitors with disabilities will be admitted for free, to reserve tickets please call the Tour Center at 413-542-8161.

Accessible Parking

Two accessible spaces are designated for visitors with disabilities in the Museum’s driveway. If a space is not available upon your arrival, please call 413-542-8161 for assistance.
The driveway may be used for drop-off. Find general parking and transit information.

For further questions about accessibility, or to suggest how we might continue to improve the visitor experience, please contact the museum at bsteinhauser@emilydickinsonmuseum.org.

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Daily Programs

Short Daily Programs

Offered periodically each day, these bite-sized programs led by knowledgeable guides offer a closer look at special topics pertaining to Dickinson.

Programs are held in the Tour Center or on Museum grounds.
Duration of programs is 15-20 minutes.
Topics change daily but may include: Dickinson and Publication, Dickinson and the Civil War, Dickinson as Gardener, Dickinson Family Pets, etc.
To find out times and subjects of short daily programs please call the Tour Center.

2019 Rates:

Short Daily Programs are free with purchase of guided house tours.