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Rival Editor Skewers Poe in the Pages of Contemporary Magazine

December Object of the Month: The John-Donkey Most of what we know about Poe is wrong. It has long been well known that his literary executor Rufus W. Griswold fabricated...

Poe Museum’s Collection Grows

It all began with a high school yearbook. Believe it or not, the Edgar Allan Poe Museum’s world renowned collection of Poe artifacts and memorabilia began in 1921 with the...

Richmond Artist to Recreate Iconic Poe Story in Shadow Boxes

From January 17 until May 24, 2015, the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia will host the contemporary art exhibit Chambers of the Red Death: A Study in Light...

Exhibit Surveys Four Decades of Richard Corben’s Poe Artwork

From January 17 until April 19, 2015, the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia will host Reimagining Poe: The Poe Illustrations of Richard Corben a major exhibit surveying forty...

Halloween Weekend at the Poe Museum

Here are some photos taken during Halloween Weekend at the Poe Museum...

Christmas Comes to the Poe Museum

Bring the whole family to the Poe Museum on Friday, December 5 to discover what Christmas was like in Poe’s time. Singer and historical interpreter Debbie Phillips will perform the...

November Object of the Month: A Gift from Poe

November is the time for Thanksgiving, football, and Black Friday shopping. With the Christmas shopping season now underway, visitors to the Poe Museum often ask what kinds of gifts Poe...

Christmas in Poe’s Time

Every year, the Poe Museum celebrates the holiday season with the Poe Illumination in which visitors can experience Victorian Christmas music and crafts that Edgar Allan Poe himself would have...

Poe Museum’s New Exhibit is Mesmerizing

The Facts behind “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” Now showing until December 31 at the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond is an intriguing exhibit devoted to...

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