Museum Today
The museum is managed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.
The museum offers guided tours, exhibits, an audio-visual show, events, a poet-in-residence program, and an annual poetry contest for local grade school students. The museum has nineteenth century furnishings, 130 Whitman portraits, original manuscripts and letters, artifacts, Whitman's voice on tape, and his schoolmaster's desk.
The museum is open every day June 15 through Labor Day except for major holidays. In the winter it is open Wednesday through Sunday. There is a museum shop. Tours for school classes and other large groups should phone ahead of time.
Read more about this topic: Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site
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