On-Site Tours
Poe Museum Tour
Enjoy a guided tour of the world’s finest collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s artifacts and personal items. Learn about Poe’s tragic life and how it influenced his famous tales of terror. Leave with a greater understanding of the Master of the Macabre and his literary legacy.
Length: 45 minutes
Age: 5th-12th grade
The Junior Raven Experience
Created with a younger audience in mind, the Junior Raven Experience offers a shorter, and more age-appropriate story of Poe’s life, with less grisly murders and scary ghosts! The tour is followed by a craft project and interactive reading of “The Raven.”
Length: 45 minutes
Age: K-4th grade
To schedule a group visit or for more information contact: tours@poemuseum.org
Programs
The Tell-Tale Heart Mock Trial
Experience Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying story, “The Tell-Tale Heart” brought to life… and death! Audience members put the notorious murderer on trial, acting as judge, defense lawyer, prosecuting attorney, and jury. After a compelling testimony and interactive arguments, the jury determines the fate of the murderer…
Length: 30-45 minutes
Ages: best for 7th grade and older
The Raven Poetry Workshop
Edgar Allan Poe was, and still is known for his strict meter in his verses. Poe Museum Programs Coordinator Dean Knight gives a dramatic reading of Poe’s most iconic work “The Raven” and examines the rare trochaic octameter of the poem. Knight then leads an interactive scansion session of a stanza from the poem and discusses the musical anapestic meter of Poe’s haunting poem, “Ulalume.”
Length: 30 minutes
Ages: best for 7th-9th grade
These programs are both available on-site or in a virtual one-hour format. Contact tours@poemuseum.org for more information about booking a program for your school group.
Walking Tour
Walking Tour of Shockoe Bottom and Church Hill
Explore Edgar Allan Poe’s old haunts led by a Poe Museum Guide. Walk the streets of Poe’s hometown and see locations associated with Poe and Richmond history, including the 1785 Masonic Hall, St. John’s Episcopal Church, the Elmira Shelton house and more…
Length: 60 minutes
To schedule a group visit or for more information contact tours@poemuseum.org
