The Emily Dickinson Museum

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The Emily Dickinson Museum:
The Homestead and The Evergreens
Plan your visit to the place she called home.
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The Emily Dickinson Museum comprises two historic houses in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts associated with the poet Emily Dickinson and members of her family during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Homestead was the birthplace and home of the poet Emily Dickinson. The Evergreens, next door, was home to her brother Austin, his wife Susan, and their three children. The Museum

was created in 2003 when the two houses merged under the ownership of Amherst College. Its mission is to educate diverse audiences about Emily Dickinson’s life, family, creative work, times, and enduring relevance, and to preserve and interpret the Homestead and The Evergreens as historical resources for the benefit of scholars and the general public.

06/06/2026

Finite - to fail, but infinite - to Venture -
For the one ship that struts the shore
Many’s the gallant - overwhelmed Creature
Nodding in Navies Nevermore -

06/05/2026

Unable are the Loved to die
For Love is Immortality,
Nay, it is Deity -

Unable they that love - to die
For Love reforms Vitality
Into Divinity.

06/04/2026

Before He comes We weigh the Time,
’Tis Heavy and ’tis Light.
When He depart, an Emptiness
Is the prevailing Freight -

First visitor at The Evergreens this morning 🦋From Cocoon forth a ButterflyAs Lady from her DoorEmerged - a Summer After...
06/04/2026

First visitor at The Evergreens this morning 🦋

From Cocoon forth a Butterfly
As Lady from her Door
Emerged - a Summer Afternoon -
Repairing Everywhere -
Fr610

06/03/2026

I made slow Riches but my Gain
Was steady as the Sun
And every Night, it numbered more
Than the preceding One

All Days, I did not earn the same
But my perceiveless Gain
Inferred the less by Growing than
The Sum that it had grown.

This scene. On repeat. Happy Pride!We miss our friends . Time for our annual rewatch! .
06/03/2026

This scene. On repeat.
Happy Pride!

We miss our friends . Time for our annual rewatch!
.

06/02/2026

Dying! To be afraid of thee
One must to thine Artillery
Have left exposed a Friend -
Than thine old Arrow is a Shot
Delivered straighter to the Heart
The leaving Love behind -

Not for itself, the Dust is shy,
But, enemy, Beloved be
Thy Batteries divorce.
Fight sternly in a Dying eye
Two Armies, Love and Certainty
And Love and the Reverse -

06/01/2026

Good to hide, and hear ’em hunt!
Better, to be found,
If one care to, that is,
The Fox fits the Hound -

Good to know, and not tell -
Best, to know and tell,
Can one find the rare Ear
Not too dull -

Celebrate the start of Pride Month by recommending your favorite LGBTQ+ poets, writers or books! Help us grow our summer...
06/01/2026

Celebrate the start of Pride Month by recommending your favorite LGBTQ+ poets, writers or books! Help us grow our summer reading list 🌈 📚

05/31/2026

A Moth the hue of this
Haunts Candles in Brazil -
Nature’s Experience would make
Our Reddest Second pale -

Nature is fond, I sometimes think,
Of Trinkets, as a Girl.

Address

280 Main Street
Amherst, MA
01002

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+14135428161

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