Poe’s engagement ring is evidence of the tragic love story of Poe and his first and last fiancée Elmira Royster Shelton.
Engaged as teenagers only to have their engagement broken by her father, Poe and Shelton became engaged a second time in the last months of his life.
The mahogany fragment came from the original coffin in which Poe was buried on October 8, 1849.
In 1875, Poe’s body was moved across the cemetery from his unmarked grave to a better location where a large monument could be placed over his grave
The gold watch is engraved “Edgar A. Poe.” In 1843, Poe gave the watch to one of his creditors to pay off a debt. Although the watch has remained in private hands ever since, its existence has been known through newspaper articles about it dating from the 1880s until it appeared at auction at Christies in 2019.
Edgar Allan Poe’s waistcoat, kept by his mother-in-law Maria Poe Clemm after his death in 1849.
It was kept in a trunk of Poe’s clothing by Maria Poe Clemm, who left it to her niece Elizabeth Rebecca Herring Smith in 1871.
Join the Poe Museum for our virtual Short Story Club, a low-commitment literary gathering designed for the busy reader who may not be able to commit to reading a new book every month. Our Short Story Club meets once a month on Tuesdays on Zoom from 6:00pm-6:45pm--a perfect chance to unwind midweek, connect with fellow literature lovers, and enjoy new reads—all […]
Join us at The Poe Museum on Thursday, May 14th for a Tell-Tale Talk with author Emily Carpenter, who will discuss her newest novel, A Spell For Saints And Sinners. About A Spell For Saints And Sinners: In front of an elegantly shabby townhouse on a Savannah side street sits a hand-painted sign: Miss Edie, […]
☮ PEACE, LOVE, AND POE ☮ Join us for 3 hours of peace and music at the Poe Stock UnHappy Hour on Thursday, May 28th from 6-9PM. Let the psychedelic sounds of Prabir and Sravani Kamaswari bring you to a higher vibrational plane where you can groove the night away. Chill out and sip some […]
Join us for a special Pride UnHappy Hour on Thursday, June 25th. Please check back in early June for more details and to reserve tickets.
Join the Poe Museum for our "Know Your Poe” series, an evening program hosted quarterly that explores Edgar Allan Poe’s life through various thematic lenses. This series offers Poe-enthusiasts across the world to connect with the Poe Museum, literary scholars, and each other in hopes of gaining a deeper understanding of one of America's most […]
Join the Poe Museum for our virtual Short Story Club, a low-commitment literary gathering designed for the busy reader who may not be able to commit to reading a new book every month. Our Short Story Club meets once a month on Tuesdays on Zoom from 6:00pm-6:45pm--a perfect chance to unwind midweek, connect with fellow literature lovers, and enjoy new reads—all […]
Join us for the July UnHappy Hour on Thursday, July 23rd. Please check back in early July for more details and to reserve tickets.
Join us for the August UnHappy Hour on Thursday, August 27th. Please check back in early August for more details and to reserve tickets.
Join the Poe Museum for our virtual Short Story Club, a low-commitment literary gathering designed for the busy reader who may not be able to commit to reading a new book every month. Our Short Story Club meets once a month on Tuesdays on Zoom from 6:00pm-6:45pm--a perfect chance to unwind midweek, connect with fellow literature lovers, and enjoy new reads—all […]
Join us at The Poe Museum on Thursday, September 17th for a Tell-Tale Talk with author Lyndsay Faye, who will discuss her upcoming novel, RAVEN, to be released in October. About RAVEN: An orphaned young woman in antebellum Maryland is pulled into a maelstrom of passion, pain, and occult power in this Gothic homage to […]
Join us for the September UnHappy Hour on Thursday, September 24th. Please check back in early September for more details and to reserve tickets.
Join us at The Poe Museum on Thursday, October 1st for a Tell-Tale Talk with author and professor Emily Ogden, who will discuss her newest work, Darkness Becomes Bright: On the Brief Life and Immortal Art of Edgar Allan Poe. About Darkness Becomes Bright: A fascinating and intimate inquiry into the shadowy life and horrifyingly […]
Written by Victoria Meader “To me his prose is unreadable—like Jane Austen’s. No, there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane’s. Jane is entirely impossible.”
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Did you know Edgar Allan Poe had Irish ancestry? Edgar’s great-great grandfather, David Poe, is the namesake for Poe’s grandfather and father. David Poe of Dring, in the Parish
“Haunt me, then!” From Brontë to Poe
The release of Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights (2026), though not a literal adaptation of Emily Brontë’s masterpiece, has reignited public fascination with her gothic novel. Whether you’ve recently watched the film or read Wuthering Heights (1847), you may find yourself searching for more literature that dwells in themes present in Brontë’s only novel. Edgar Allan Poe,
