Museum
Emily Dickinson Museum
- Item Number
- 201
- Estimated Value
- 50 USD
- Sold
- 20 USD to hancock
- Number of Bids
- 2 - Bid History
Item Description
Enjoy a guided tour of the Homestead and The Evergreens, Emily Dickinson's home. You get four (4) passes for regularly scheduled guided tours and a copy of the "The Poet at Home", a booklet about Emily Dickinson and the Homestead. www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org
The Museum was created in 2003 when the two houses merged under the ownership of Amherst College. The Museum is dedicated to educating diverse audiences about Emily Dickinson’s life, family, creative work, times, and enduring relevance, and to preserving and interpreting the Homestead and The Evergreens as historical resources for the benefit of scholars and the general public.
The Homestead and The Evergreens, with such close ties in the nineteenth century, saw their paths diverge in the twentieth. The Homestead was sold in 1916 to another Amherst family and underwent some modernization. In 1965, in recognition of the poet’s growing stature, the Homestead was purchased by Amherst College and open to the public for tours. It also served as a faculty residence for many years.
Next door, The Evergreens, occupied by Dickinson family heirs until 1988, remained virtually unchanged for a hundred years. In 1991, The Evergreens passed to a private testamentary trust, the Martha Dickinson Bianchi Trust (named in honor of Emily Dickinson’s niece), which began developing the house as a museum.
Item Special Note
Certificate available at Hancock Shaker Village or may be sent to purchaser.
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