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The Mysterious Fate of Walt Whitman’s Brain

LEARN ABOUT WALT’S AUTOPSY & EXPERIENCE A CANDLELIT NIGHT TOUR THURSDAY.

There was to be no “Rest in Peace” for the remains of the “poet of the body and poet of the soul”.
Talk and candlelit evening tour of the Walt Whitman birthplace house. Learn how Walt’s fascination with science and the human brain intersected with macabre Victorian pseudoscience.
Light seasonal refreshments will be served.
Optional: Halloween Costumes!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 7PM-9PM

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30 -7PM-9PM

*NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

$25 per person

$5 OFF FOR MEMBERS

October 24, 2024
7:00 pm
9:00 pm

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