The Museum will be open from 10am - Midnight with events starting at NOON. Admission is $5 for the whole day, and you may come and go as you please so you can check out all the events you want to see!!! Events are still being added to the schedule, but see the current line-up below:
POE BIRTHDAY BASH SCHEDULE:
10:00am- 1:00pm: Gift shop sale! ( Take 15% off your entire purchase of $10 or more!)
12:00pm: Exhibit Opening (Stormier, Wilder and More Weird: James Carling and “The Raven” | and Curator talk.) *A MUST SEE*
1:00pm -1:15pm: Lucretia and Lavinia (belly dance duo )
1:15pm - 1:30pm: ...
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Fall 2011 Poe Museum Newsletter
Here is the latest issue of the Poe Museum's newsletter Evermore containing updates on the Museum's events, exhibits, and its 90th anniversary.
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Poe Museum Acquires Documents Related to Poe’s Parents
Although the Poe Museum's collection is comprised of thousands of objects, there are still holes in the collection. One place the collection can still grow is in its artifacts related to Edgar Allan Poe's parents, the actors David Poe, Jr. (1784-1810?) and Eliza Poe (1787-1811). Both were actors who died young--when Edgar was only two. Poe's mother was buried in an unmarked grave at St. John's Church in Richmond, and the fate of Poe's father in unknown.
Few artifacts survive to tell the story of these talented people who left a lasting impression on Edgar Allan Poe's life and work. That ...
In the footsteps of Poe – The University of Virginia
In 1826, Poe left Richmond to attend the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He enrolled at the university on February 14th, 1826. He was part of the second class to matriculate at Mr. Jefferson's University. While in Charlottesville, Poe studied Ancient and Modern Languages and distinguished himself in both subjects. He appears to have been well-liked by other students and teachers and his room (number 13!) on the West Range at the University was a popular gathering place where Poe would entertain friends with tales of his own devising.
Unfortunately, Poe's time at the ...