Things To Do

• Critique our NEW exhibits and sales center!
• Learn about Poe's life & work in the cultural, social and political context of his time.
• Investigate how Poe influenced writers around the world!
• Examine how Poe influenced Alfred Hitchcock, Stephen King and others
• Use "ratiocination" to decipher the code hidden in Poe's head
• Become "mesmerized" by rare books and letters on loan. Please no drooling!
• Watch as Poe's words arise off the pages while he writes "The Raven"
• Help launch the hot air balloon - as you pull, the balloon rises. Not a hoax!!!
• Study and analyze a 3-D mini model of Poe's home!
• Explore the numerous surprises in Poe's historic home. Don't forget to close the window!
• Be very quiet as you stumble upon Catterina asleep on desk while Poe writes!
• Hidden in plain view is the NEW 2009 Official Edgar Allan Poe Poster. Get yours before they are all gone!
• Sit back and enjoy our 8-minute audio-visual presentation on Poe's life.
• Take a self-guided or ranger-led tour of Poe's historic house.
• Indulge your literary passion in the reading room patterned after Poe's essay, "The Philosophy of Furniture."
• Listen to Poe's works narrated by famous actors such as Vincent Price, Basil Rathbone, Christopher Walken and others.
• If music is more your fancy, tap your feet to the various works of Poe put to music by Glass Prism, the Alan Parsons Project, Lou Reed and others.
• Sign our guest book and let your comments be known to others that visit the site.
• Join our mailing list to receive information on our upcoming special events.
• Pose with our "Raven"
• Take a picture in front of the Poe mural.
• Consider joining the "Friends of Poe"
• Encourage your school, group or organization to plan a visit to the site.
• Rap upon our chamber door again real soon!
• Read more Poe.
• Come back and bring a friend! Bob Dylan did!