Your gift to the Emily Dickinson Fund helps the Museum spark imaginations by amplifying Emily Dickinson’s revolutionary poetic voice, by opening her family homes to visitors, by interpretive and educational use of her family’s material legacy, by holding up her enduring poetry.
“Your steadfast support is the engine that powers the Museum. Together we can realize our shared vision of the Emily Dickinson Museum as the premier center of innovative approaches to Emily Dickinson’s genius — a creative place that fosters curiosity, stimulates personal expression, and celebrates the enduring power of the poet’s life and legacy.” – Jane Wald, Executive Director
Your generous support helps provide free poetry programs and immersive educational experiences that inspire and connect learners of all ages from all over the world. Your support helps to restore and preserve the Dickinson family’s historic homes in Amherst, Massachusetts.
The Emily Dickinson Fund provides for the Museum’s day-to-day operations, undergirds its highest priorities, and is foundational to its overall excellence and success. The Fund supplies 36% of our operating budget. Your gift has an immediate impact and provides critical, unrestricted support. Every donor and every gift sustains and elevates the Museum’s mission for generations of admirers to come.
A gift to the Emily Dickinson Fund makes all this, and more, possible:
- Guided house tours for more than 14,000 visitors.
- Public programs inspiring 18,000 registrants – from 50 states and 70 countries.
- Educational programs serving 1,250 participants.
- Digitization of 10,000 artifacts in our collection.
- Immersion in Emily’s place, poetry, power – countless (and transformative).
Thank you.
“No institution in America, I think, does better than the Emily Dickinson Museum in making profound and enjoyable uses of its resources…” – Howard, South Carolina
“I loved having the opportunity to write poetry inspired by Emily Dickinson in her own home. I will take the process of writing poetry that I learned here and apply it to my writing poetry class and creative writing class. This was a great experience! – D., student from Greens Farms Academy
For more information, please contact Mary Foulk, Director of Annual Giving and Donor Relations at 413-542-2904 or mfoulk@emilydickinsonmuseum.org.