The Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia, USA, as their web site describes, holds one of the world's finest collections of Edgar Allan Poe's manuscripts, letters, first editions, memorabilia and personal belongings. The museum also provides an overview early 19th century Richmond, where Poe lived and worked. The museum features the life and career of Edgar Allan Poe by documenting his accomplishments with pictures, relics, and verse, and focusing on his many years in Richmond.
Contents |
History
Originally opened in 1922 in the Old Stone House, the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States, was built around 1750 on Lot #32 on the original plan of the city of Richmond. The museum is only blocks away from the sites of Poe's Richmond homes and place of employment, the Southern Literary Messenger. Poe never lived in this home.
Exhibits
Of particular note, the museum has a room dedicated to the many theories of Poe's death as well as a scaled replica model of Richmond as it looked during Poe's lifetime. Another room includes many first and early editions of Poe's works including an 1845 publication of "The Raven" and one of only 12 known existing copies of Poe's first collection Tamerlane and Other Poems.[1] A courtyard area behind the museum includes a garden inspired by Poe's poem "To One in Paradise." This space is also available for weddings.[2]
See also
| Edgar Allan Poe Portal |
- Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum in Baltimore, Maryland
- Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
References
- ^ Rose, Lloyd. "Yo, Poe: In Richmond, a museum rises from the dead." The Washington Post, May 10, 1998.
- ^ Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and popular culture" as collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe, Kevin J. Hayes, editor. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0521797276 p. 212
