Poets House Has Moved
Visit Poets House in Lower Manhattan
Photo by Elizabeth Felicella
Emily Dickinson at Poets House from the Donald & Patricia Oresman Collection
Exhibit extended to Saturday, February 18, 2012
However you participate, online or in person at in the 50,000-volume collection of The Reed Foundation Library that overlooks the Hudson, we want you to celebrate this remarkable anniversary in a place of possibility with us.
Read Executive Director Lee Briccetti's letter here
Video highlights of Poets House's homecoming to Battery Park City:
• In the spring of 2009, actor Bill Murray read poetry to construction workers on break from building the new Poets House.
• In September of 2009, Poets House opened the doors to its new home in Lower Manhattan.
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Coming Up
25th Anniversary Program
Saturday, February 4, 2:00–4:00pm
James Shapiro on William Shakespeare
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
Special Program for Children
Saturday, February 11, 11:00am
Floating Valentines: A Screening of The Red Balloon
Admission free
25th Anniversary Program
Saturday, February 11, 2:00–4:00pm
Passwords: Molly Peacock on John Donne and George Herbert
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
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Library Hours
Photo by Elizabeth Felicella
Library & Reading Room Hours
Tuesday–Friday, 11:00am–7:00pm,
Saturday, 11:00am–6:00pm
Children's Room Hours
Thursday-Saturday, 11:00am–5:00pm
Tiny Poets Time (for Toddlers):
Thursday, 10:00am
Class trips by appointment.
For details, contact Mike Romanos
at (212) 431-7920, ext. 2825
or mike@poetshouse.org.
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Directions
Map template courtesy of
the Downtown Alliance
Poets House is located at 10 River Terrace, at the corner of Murray Street, in Lower Manhattan's Battery Park City. Find us on Google Maps.
SUBWAY: Take the A, C, 1, 2, or 3 to Chambers Street Station. Walk west along Chambers Street to the end (Rockefeller Park, along the Hudson River). Turn left and walk along River Terrace two blocks to Murray Street.
BUS: The M22 runs along Chambers between North End Avenue and the Lower East Side. The M20 travels from the Upper West Side and the southern tip of Battery Park City to North End Ave. The Downtown Connection, a free Lower Manhattan shuttle bus, travels to North End Avenue from South Street Seaport, and from Broadway along Murray Street; the Route Map can be found here.
FERRY: Monday through Friday, ferry riders from New Jersey can travel via NY Waterway, disembark at the Port Authority Ferry Terminal at the World Financial Center and walk north to River Terrace.