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Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #40 of 189 attractions in Baltimore
Traveller Description: The Poe House is small, so its limited hours won't keep you from being able to see all of it. The house is three stories high, and where there are two more »
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Attraction type: Historic home, Other, Speciality museum
Activities: Group tours/walking tour
Address: 203 N Amity St Baltimore, MD 21223
Tel: 410-396-7932
Fax: 410-396-5662

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4 of 5 stars
Maryland
31 May 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

I've been meaning to write this for some time but when I saw the negative review I felt compelled to write. I found the docents to be polite and friendly. I don't know if the curator was there but I was greeted with a verbal welcome and a friendly face. You don't see that too much these days. The house... more

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1 of 5 stars
Elizabethtown, PA
28 Jun 2008
0/2 found this review helpful

I would like to agree, and politely disagree with the prior post. First, the disagreement. I did not get the same welcome feeling as the prior poster. As we exited the car, the male of a couple that walked by mentioned loudly to the female that he "sure knows there are a lot of cops around today". That sure didn't... more

10 Jun 2007
7/7 found this review helpful

Jeez this place is small! But it's filled with all kinds of neat Poe memorabilia. You can see a piece of Poe's coffin along with hair sample from both Poe and his wife Virginia. China and crystal from John Allan's estate. Virginia's death portrait--kinda creepy. I think the curator was there during my visit. Didn't seem at all "anxious" but... more

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Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum Address

203 N Amity St, Baltimore, MD 21223
Tel: 410-396-7932 Fax: 410-396-5662