The Museum Collection

The Edgar Allan Poe Museum Collection

The Poe Museum offers thousands of artifacts of Poe's life and legacy many of which are rarely displayed.

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  Davidson Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe

  This albumen print is an altered version of the "Traylor" daguerreotype taken by William Abbott…

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  Dancing Shoes Owned by the Poe Family

  These ladies' kid white leather dancing shoes were purchased in London by Edgar Allan Poe's…

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  Side Chair from Allan Home

  This is one of a pair of American Sheraton Fancy Painted side chairs from the Allan home "Moldavia"…

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  Script for Veroni (Play Featuring Edgar Allan Poe's Mother)

  Edgar Allan Poe's mother, Eliza Poe, played the part of Veronica in this November 1809 performance…

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  Letter from Thomas Dunn English to Edmund Clarence Stedman

  The writer of this letter, Thomas Dunn English (1819-1902), was at different times a friend and an…

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  Poe's Sister's Artwork

  Edgar Allan Poe's only sister, Rosalie Poe (1810-1874), painted and embroidered this handkerchief…

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