Archaeologists looking over artifacts found at the museum

Digging at the Dickinsons’: Findings from the 2018 Field School in Historical Archaeology

Monday, October 1, 2018

6:30PM at the Emily Dickinson Museum

View Emily Dickinson’s world through the eyes of an archaeologist during this presentation at the Museum. Faculty and members of the University of Massachusetts Amherst archaeological field school will present findings from their work on the grounds of the Emily Dickinson Museum in the summer of 2018. Their work sheds new light on the location of a former Dickinson family barn and well. Archaeobotany research– a special branch of archaeology studying plant remains in the soil–began at the Museum in 2017 and has continued in 2018. See firsthand how archaeology informs the Museum’s preservation and restoration projects!

Free and open to the public. No registration required.Read more→

September 6, 2018 Arts Night

September 6, 2018

The Emily Dickinson Museum participates in Amherst Arts Night Plus on first Thursdays each month. Free and open to all!

Learn more at www.EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org/events. Each month enjoy the following:

5 to 8 pm: Pop-up contemporary art exhibit in the Homestead from

5 to 6 pm: Open mic signups for poets, writers, performers of any kind

6 pm: Open mic begins

Featured readers follow the open mic

About guest artists at the Emily Dickinson Museum: Please note that the works of guest artists may contain sensitive or mature material and do not necessarily represent the views of the Emily Dickinson Museum.Read more→

Free Fun Friday 2018

Friday, August 24, 2018

What to Expect during Your Visit

On Free Fun Friday, sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation, you can enjoy self-guided tours and more at the Emily Dickinson Museum from 10 am to 5 pm. Free Fun Fridays runs June through August with a schedule of participating organizations. Find out more here: http://www.highlandstreet.org/programs/free-fun-fridays

“Buccaneers of Buzz” Pollinator Fair

Sunday, August 5 from 10AM to 12PM

Bees are Black – with Gilt Surcingles –
Buccaneers of Buzz –
Ride abroad in ostentation
And subsist on Fuzz – (Fr1426)

Families are welcome at this celebration of all things pollination at the Emily Dickinson Museum! Did you know Dickinson wrote around 100 poems about bees? She was a keen observer of the natural world where hummingbirds and butterflies also captured her imagination. Perhaps such pollinators fascinated Dickinson because of their contributions to her flower gardens, where their hungry activities supported the growth of her plants! At our Fair, learn more about the continued important of pollinators today, and the things you can do at home to make a happy environment for them.

The Pollinator Fair is free and open to all, but individual activity fees apply.Read more→

August 2, 2018 Arts Night

August 2, 2018

The Emily Dickinson Museum participates in Amherst Arts Night Plus on first Thursdays each month. Free and open to all!

Learn more at www.EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org/events. Each month enjoy the following:

5 to 8 pm: Pop-up contemporary art exhibit in the Homestead from

5 to 6 pm: Open mic signups for poets, writers, performers of any kind

6 pm: Open mic begins

Featured readers follow the open mic

July 5, 2018 Arts Night

July 5, 2018

The Emily Dickinson Museum participates in Amherst Arts Night Plus on first Thursdays each month. Free and open to all! Learn more at www.EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org/events. Each month enjoy the following:

5 to 8 pm: Pop-up contemporary art exhibit in the Homestead from

5 to 6 pm: Open mic signups for poets, writers, performers of any kind

6 pm: Open mic begins

Featured readers follow the open mic

Children playing on stilts at the circus

Creatures of Bliss and Mystery: A Children’s Circus

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Time: 1-4 p.m.

Location: Emily Dickinson Museum lawn

Fee: $5 for families, Museum Friends are FREE

Additional activity fees are noted below.

On Saturday, July 14, the Emily Dickinson Museum will present its annual 19th Century Children’s Circus from 1 to 4 pm on the Emily Dickinson Museum lawn. Especially perfect for children ages 3 to 10 (accompanied by adults), this event is open to the public and $5 for families and FREE for Friends of the Museum.Read more→

Burleigh Muten reading from her book at an Emily Dickinson museum event

Writing with Miss Emily: A Summer Workshop for Young Authors, July 8-July 12, 2019

Monday to Friday, from 9:30AM – 12:30PM

In this workshop for ages 9 – 12, led by children’s author and Emily Dickinson Museum tour guide Burleigh Muten, participants will experience Emily Dickinson’s world from a writer’s point of view.

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.

Landscape Tour

Grounds of Memory

Audio tour of the outdoor Dickinson grounds (duration of full-length tour is 60 minutes; visitors may tailor the tour to fit their needs)

Explores Emily Dickinson’s fascination with the natural world and her family’s deep interest in the land
Includes eighteen stops outside the Homestead and The Evergreens. Stops may be visited in any order. Each stop offers a 2- or 3-minute narration and at least one Dickinson poem appropriate to that stop.
Narrated by poet laureate Richard Wilbur
Voice of Emily Dickinson provided by poet Mary Jo Salter

CELL PHONE and WEB tours are FREE, although individual’s normal usage fees may apply. The tour may be accessed two ways:

RECOMMENDED: Via browser-based mobile app on user’s smart phone

Dial-in via personal cell phone by calling (413-362-3595)

A map of the grounds is located behind the Tour Center. Map brochures are also available in the Tour Center during open hours.

Funded by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. The tour title comes from a Dickinson poem (Fr1770). Cell phone and web-based tour accessed via OnCell.

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