Collection of Literary Autographs is Poe Museum’s Object of the Month
Those who visited the Poe Museum last month to see the exhibit Poe’s Cabinet of Curiosities might have noticed, among the hair art and Poe portraits, a little pressed flower […]
Poe Scholar Decodes Poe’s Gold-Bug
Poe was much more than the Master of the Macabre. He was also the Master of Mystery, the inventor of detective fiction, and an avid cryptographer who introduced puzzles and […]
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 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 […]
Poe’s Final Mystery Remains Unsolved
Edgar Allan Poe is so famous he shows up almost everywhere. Whether it’s a Beatles album cover, an episode of South Park, or on the side of Raven Beer bottle; […]
Nobody Does Halloween Like the Poe Museum
The Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia is excited to launch the historic reunion of iconic author Edgar Allan Poe and legendary horror actor Vincent Price over Halloween weekend, […]
Edgar Allan Poe in Science # 2—September 2014 by Murray Ellison
Perhaps Edgar Allan Poe’s most overlooked contribution to English literature is that he is one of the earliest American writers who commented on many of the ways that the emerging […]
Unique Evening Presented at the Poe Museum
On the anniversary of Poe’s final departure from Richmond (just ten days before his death), September 27, 2014 at 7P.M., the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia will honor […]
Poe Museum’s Object of the Month is “A **** Cheat”
Now one of the most valuable books in American literature, this humble volume could have easily ended up in a trash heap or floating down the Hudson River along with […]
Poe and Science by Murray Ellison
Edgar Allan Poe lived at the perfect time in history to be able to observe and to write about many of the most dramatic technological changes that had taken place […]
One Woman’s Determination Brought the Poe Museum Its July Object of the Month
Every object in the Poe Museum tells a story. Each artifact or piece of ephemera helps us interpret the story of Edgar Allan Poe’s life and influence. The July Object […]
Poe Museum’s Object of the Month Angered Poe’s Father
One night a theater critic answered his door to find an actor so angry over a review that he threatened the critic. The actor was a twenty-three year old David […]