Past Events

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...
a model dressed as Dickinson with her back to the camera sitting at her writing desk

Virtual Information Session
NEH Summer Institute for Teachers
Wednesday, February 4, 6:30pm ET

Free Virtual Program - Designed to help educators prepare applications for a weeklong summer workshop in Amherst...

Behind the Scenes Tour:
Restoring Dickinson’s Kitchen, Pantry, and More!

Private tour - During this once-in-a-lifetime program, witness the discoveries emerging within the walls of Emily Dickinson's 1813 home as the Museum enters the final phase of Homestead restoration...

Emily Dickinson International Society
Annual Meeting
July 26-28, 2024

EDIS’s Annual Meeting is returning again to Amherst — this year’s theme, “Neighbor Dickinson,” celebrates the reopening of Austin and Susan Dickinson’s home The Evergreens...
graphic for delve into dickinson - Digital Dickinson The Museum’s Collection

Digital Dickinson
The Museum’s Collection
Wednesday, December 18, 6:30pm ET

- An exploration of digital tools available for teaching and reading Dickinson...
Cover of book "letters of emily dickinson"

Book Launch:
The Letters of Emily Dickinson
Wed., April 3, 4:30pm ET

(HYBRID) - Celebrating a new edition of Emily Dickinson’s correspondence — expanded and revised for the first time in over sixty years...
Dickinson's daguerrotype tripled and colored in yellow blue and red

Digital Dickinson: Part 1
Workshop for Educators
Wed., April 24, 6pm ET

(SOLD OUT) - An exploration of digital tools available for teaching and reading Dickinson...
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 have, many times) have—A something overtakes the Mind.”...

Sweet Countrymen — Judge Tenderly of Me
A Community Poetry Hour
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 3pm ET

FREE Virtual Program - An hour of poetry on election day...
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[SOLD OUT] Emily Dickinson 194th Birthday Open House
Sat., Dec. 7, 1-4:30pm ET

FREE In-Person Program - You are cordially invited to the Emily Dickinson Museum’s in-person celebration of the poet’s 194th birthday!...
archival lithograph showing the carriage house next to The Evergreens

Carriages – Be sure – and Guests – True:
A Dickinson Birthday Celebration
Tuesday, Dec. 10, 6pm ET

FREE Virtual Program - A celebration of Emily Dickinson’s 194th birthday with Executive Director Jane Wald...
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...
graphic Educator Workshop - The Earth reversed her Hemispheres –

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...