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Emily Dickinson Museum reopens with more appeal to contemporary audiences

NPR
Published August 26, 2022 at 12:52 PM EDT
At the museum, Emily Dickinson's bedroom holds many of the poet's possessions, including her famed white dress. The pillow and coverlet on the bed are from the Apple TV+ show "Dickinson." (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
At the museum, Emily Dickinson's bedroom holds many of the poet's possessions, including her famed white dress. The pillow and coverlet on the bed are from the Apple TV+ show "Dickinson." (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

The Emily Dickinson Museum now includes donated props from an irreverent TV series about the 19th-century poet, intended to appeal to a more contemporary audience.

WBUR’s Andrea Shea reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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