Upcoming Events

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 Summer Institute for Teachers
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...
a woman walks into the newly reconstructed carriage house

Press Release:
Carriage House Earns Passive House Certification

(10/9/2025) - The Emily Dickinson Museum carriage house reconstruction has earned passive house certification. It is the first passive house historic reconstruction in the U.S...
A Something Overtakes the Mind graphic

A Something Overtakes the Mind

(In-Person Art Installation) “Did you ever read one of her Poems backward,” Emily Dickinson wrote on a scrap of wrapping paper, “because the plunge from the front overturned you? I sometimes (often...

Press Release:
Carriage House Opening

On Saturday, May 10, the Emily Dickinson Museum will celebrate the opening of the John and Elizabeth Armstrong Carriage House and the reopening of The Evergreens during its annual Poetry Walk event...
Education school group in the Evergreens

K-12 Group Visits

Announcing a new program for Middle and High School students: The Power of Poetry. Spark your students' imagination by planning a field trip!...
Image of Dickinson's room featuring her writing desk and white dress

Studio Sessions

Spend a “sweet hour” in Emily Dickinson’s creative space where she penned her startling poetry and honed her revolutionary voice...
a view of different items in the Emily Dickinson Museum's collections

Press Release:
Collections Database

(9/13/2023) - The Museum’s collection has now been digitized and published for public use for the very first time...
Dickinson's writing desk with pens, scraps of paper and her lamp

Mild Nights!
At the Emily Dickinson Museum

Paid In-Person Program - Evening writing time at the Emily Dickinson Museum...
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...