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Advanced, date-specific admissions for visitors are encouraged. Purchase your date-specific tickets to the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage and the Museum of Bronx History now. Upon arrival at our museums, simply show email confirmation of ticket booking to the museum docent.
Bronx County Historical Society Members do not need to book museum tickets—just show your membership card at the front of the museums, and you'll be admitted whenever you arrive.
Walk-up museum tickets are also available minus the online booking fee.
Food and beverages, other than closed water bottles, are strictly prohibited in the museums.
Non-commercial photography is permitted in the museums.
Proof of covid-19 vaccination is not required for museum admission, though vaccination is recommended and mask-wearing is allowed
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Ephemeral Light Artist Talk

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