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The Poe Museum celebrates its 90th Anniversary with a Jazz Age Unhappy Hour

| April 27, 2012

The Poe Museum first opened its doors to the public on April 26th, 1922. On April 26, 2012, the museum celebrated its 90th birthday with a 1920s themed Unhappy Hour. Poe Museum volunteers (the esteemed Heather and Courtney) posing as “Cigarette Girls” to collect donations to keep the Poe Museum around for another 90 years…

From the Archives – A Peek into the Poe Museum’s Past

| April 3, 2012

One fine day in April, 1945, a group of industrious young members of the John Marshall Chapter of the International Quill and Scroll Society gathered in the Enchanted Garden of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum for tea and an initiation of several new members. Quill and Scroll Society Members visiting the Poe Museum, April 26,1945…