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 Called "America's Shakespeare,"
Edgar Allan Poe created or mastered the short story, detective
fiction, science fiction, lyric poetry and the horror story.
His dark genius has invited children and adults to read and
love literature for over 150 years.
Richmond's Poe Museum boasts the world's
finest collection of Edgar Allan Poe's manuscripts, letters,
first editions, memorabilia and personal belongings. The Poe
Museum provides a retreat into early nineteenth 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.
Opened in 1922, in The Old Stone House,
the museum is only blocks away from Poe's first Richmond home
and his first place of employment, the Southern Literary Messenger.
www.poemuseum.org
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