Emily Dickinson Museum - Amherst, Massachusetts

Emma F. P.

My experience here was truly incredible. I honestly don’t even know where to begin with this review. I paid to spend an hour in Emily Dickinson’s room, which was very peaceful. The gardens were beautiful, the staff were very sweet, and the tour was thorough and informative. If I lived near here, I would visit weekly. I love how they are constantly working on creating a more historical visit with renovations and updated facts. The Evergreens were closed when we went, but that just gives me another reason to come back and visit.

Ryan M.

The Emily Dickinson Museum is a wonderful place to visit in Amherst, Massachusetts. The museum offers both guided tours and self-guided tours. On the self-guided tours after visiting the first room, where basic information about Emily Dickinson is provided, you can go from room to room as you please. There are guides in each room who provide information about the room and how it was used by the Dickinson family. The guides are knowledgeable about all aspects of Emily's life from where she lived in the house, her relationship with her family, her life, and her poetry. The guided tours last about an hour and on them you can get more information than on the self-guided tours.
The house has both historical furniture and restored from the Dickinson family. The decorating inside of the house is unique and has been restored from photographs. In a few rooms in the house there are interactive displays about Emily's poetry. There is a nice gift shop inside the house as well.
It is best to park on the streets near the house. There are a few handicapped parking spaces near the house as well. It is definitely best to purchase tickets online ahead of time. Tickets are also sold at the museum. If you have an interest in Emily Dickinson or just like seeing historic houses this museum is for you.

Margie W.

I was blown away by this museum,mostly by the staff.
Franklin speaking, I am not a museum person & I was there to kill time between conference break.
But all the sections have different story tellers, they made Emily's history vividly jump in front of me in my brain and I enjoyed all the seconds inside the museum, I never had such fun in a history museum like this one.
No wonder it scored 4.8 before I visited.
Highly recommend it, both Emily Dickinson Museum, it takes around 1 to 2 hours( if you ask a lot of questions ) to tour both museums.

Mahailey O.

Big thanks to Carla (I believe that was her name) for being an excellent tour guide. She was quite knowledgeable and recited poetry to us in many rooms. As an English/literary fan I adored being able to see Emily’s house as well as the Evergreens. Thanks again!

Ava H.

Stopped in on a cold saturday to take a tour! I had such an amazing time with the tourguide— there was only one other person on our tour and the tourguide made it very personal! Excited to come back!

Kendra P.

I came as an impromptu visit on a weekday in November as we were passing through Amherst, and unfortunately, they were sold out of tickets for the day.

While I couldn't explore the inside of the home beyond the gift shop rooms (which were still pretty cool, I'll say!) I did enjoy walking the idyllic grounds on a cool autumn morning.

Emily Dickinson has been my favorite poet since I was a little girl - walking the paths she walked was a beautiful experience.

It was beautiful, but don't be like me and think you can purchase tickets at the door: get your tickets in advance!

Manuel G.

A simply beautiful location and a great tour. We booked a Kombi-Ticket, which included guidedtours in both houses. The one Emily lived in and the neighbourhouse, which belonged to her brother. Both are really wonderful to visit and completely different. The guides were very skilled and dedicated. Two hours of tour for inexpensive 16 Dollar. Great! Nice giftshop!

Lorraine ?. H.

A lovely well restored museum. Our guide was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about her subject which made our visit really enjoyable. I could really imagine Emily Dickinson in this house and her sister Vinnie and her cats, it felt like they had just stepped out while we had a look around. A visit to The Evergreens next door was also interesting. We had time to look around the gift shop then our guide took us next door to enjoy a tour of Emilys’ brothers’ beautifully preserved home.