In this issue
-- Bus Trip to New York Botanical Garden Deadline April 19th!
-- Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk -- Other Emily Dickinson Museum Events at NYBG -- Celebrating Emily Dickinson's Words -- Cultural Landscape Report -- Support the Emily Dickinson Museum -- Take Action! You Can Help Save America's Treasures -- About the Museum -- Are you on FacebookŪ? Join us!
Spring is the Period
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Bus Trip to New York Botanical Garden Deadline April 19th! 
Call now through April 19th to reserve your
seat on our second bus for the May 11th
trip to the New York Botanical Gardens.
Don't miss this unique opportunity to visit the NYBG's new exhibition Emily Dickinson's Garden: The Poetry of Flowers. The daylong excursion includes round-trip transportation between Amherst and the New York Botanical Garden, a guided tour of the exhibit, and free time to explore the garden on your own. Space is limited. The cost is $55 per person. To reserve a place, or for more information, contact Nan Fischlein, program coordinator, at nfischlein@emilydickinsonmuseum.org or 413-542-2034. Visit the New York Botanical Garden's website at nybg.org for more information about the exhibition.
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Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk 
The Emily Dickinson Museum will sponsor the
annual Emily
Dickinson Poetry Walk and Open House on
Saturday, May 15, at 1 p.m. The Walk
marks the anniversary of the poet's death (on
May 15, 1886) with readings of her poetry at
six historic sites in Amherst. The event is
free and open to the public.
This year's Walk will feature Dickinson poems
that refer to flowers, gardens, landscape,
and other aspects of nature.
The Poetry Walk will begin at 1 p.m. in the Homestead garden and proceed through Amherst, stopping at sites significant in Dickinson's life. Anyone who would like to read one of the poems should arrive at the Homestead at 12:45 p.m. to receive an assignment; poems will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. After the Poetry Walk, the Museum will host an Open House from 3 to 4 p.m. The Homestead and The Evergreens will be open for self-guided tours during that time, and guides will be on hand to answer questions. Admission is free.
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Other Emily Dickinson Museum Events at NYBG 
In addition to the bus trip, the Emily Dickinson
Museum is involved with several other
programs at the New York Botanical Garden.Admission to all event is included with an All-Garden Pass. Check the New York Botanical Garden website to plan your visit and purchase tickets.
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Celebrating Emily Dickinson's Words 
More than a hundred people gathered at the
Jones Library on Saturday, April 10, for
"Celebrating Emily Dickinson's Words," a
National Poetry Month event co-sponsored by
the Emily Dickinson Museum and the Jones
Library. Visitors from as far away as Cape
Cod and the Berkshires came to read, discuss,
write, and respond to poetry.
Throughout the day, participants contributed their favorite lines of poetry to a banner that will serve as a permanent celebration of Dickinson's words. The Museum's program coordinator Nan Fischlein, whose expert crew of volunteers developed the banner, noted that "the Community Poetry Banner was intended to create a community interpretation and celebration of poetry, inspired by Emily Dickinson's words. Along the way, the concept melded with the image of nineteenth-century crazy quilts and album quilts." The finished banner, as well as individual fabric pennants made by children, will hang at the Jones Library through the end of April and will be exhibited at the Emily Dickinson Museum in May. Special thanks to the Jones Library staff, Amherst College professor Karen Sanchez-Eppler's Emily Dickinson seminar, Maureen Buchanan Jones of Amherst Writers and Artists, and our many volunteers for making the day such a celebration!
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Cultural Landscape Report The CLR concludes with a series of recommendations which range from clearing invasive plant species to restoring Emily Dickinson's and Susan Dickinson's gardens to redefining the Homestead barnyard. One of these projects, replanting the hemlock hedge and reconstructing the adjacent fences, was completed just last fall and has dramtically changed the appearance of the Dickinson property.
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Support the Emily Dickinson Museum 
The Emily Dickinson Museum is a vibrant literary
landmark, honoring of one of the world's
greatest poets. The museum has grown
dramatically
in its programs, audience, and impact in the
short
years since its creation in 2003, and attracts
worldwide attention. It owes its success in
large
measure to the generous encouragement of its
many
dedicated friends and supporters.
In these times of economic challenge for non-profit cultural organizations, we especially need your help to maintain the tours, programs, and connection with the poet's world at the Emily Dickinson Museum. Read a compelling message about the Museum's needs and goals offered by Cullen Murphy, editor-at-large for Vanity Fair magazine and a member of the Emily Dickinson Museum's Board of Governors.
Make your gift now via PayPal!
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Take Action! You Can Help Save America's Treasures 
The ceiling repairs at Emily Dickinson's home
speak volumes about the challenges and
importanct of preserving our nation's
historic sites. The Save America's Treasures
program, which helped to fund the exterior
restoration of the Homestead, the Museum's
Master Plan, and infrastructure improvements,
is threatened by proposed budget cuts that
would eliminate this important preservation
funding. The National
Trust for Historic Preservation recently
featured the Emily Dickinson Museum on its
blog as an example of protecting our
national heritage.
You can read more about this program
and what you can do to help protect it at the
website www.preservationnation.org/treasures.
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About the Museum 
The Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and
The Evergreens is dedicated to educating diverse
audiences about the poet's life, family,
creative work,
times, and enduring relevance, and to
preserving and
interpreting the Homestead and The Evergreens as
historical resources for the benefit of
scholars and the
general public. The Emily Dickinson Museum is owned by the Trustees of Amherst College and has its own Board of Governors, which is responsible for raising the Museum's operating and capital funds. The Museum is a member of Museums10, a collaboration of ten museums linked to the five colleges in the Pioneer Valley. The Tour Center may be reached at 413-542-2947, Wednesday through Sunday, during museum hours.
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For general information, contact the Museum at
Recorded Information:
413-542-8161
Website:
http://www.EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org
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