Due to the New Year’s Eve/Day fire that swept through historic Washerst, the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum (formerly above the coin-op Laundromat on Dickinson Boulevard), we regret to announce that we must cancel the planned special exhibit for January 2016, “Game On: The Influence of Emmett Lee Dickinson on the Toy Industry.”
Of course, the main reason we must cancel the exhibit is that the museum burned to the ground (for details, click HERE). Also, the fire destroyed all of our one-of-a-kind antique toys and board games that we had collected for the exhibit (toy collectors estimate that the value of the collection of games that we lost in the fire topped five-million dollars). We do have photographs of some of the board games, photos which were taken recently as we were preparing for this special exhibit.
Of course, the main reason we must cancel the exhibit is that the museum burned to the ground (for details, click HERE). Also, the fire destroyed all of our one-of-a-kind antique toys and board games that we had collected for the exhibit (toy collectors estimate that the value of the collection of games that we lost in the fire topped five-million dollars). We do have photographs of some of the board games, photos which were taken recently as we were preparing for this special exhibit.
 Above: The classic board game, "Because I Could Not Stop For LIFE, It Kindly Stopped For Me!" |  Above: A children's favorite, "After Great Pain An Operation Comes." |
Although we must cancel our special exhibit for January, we will continue to post “Featured Poems of the Week” each Sunday. Also, we will be able to run our February exhibit online, as we will post more coffee poetry of America’s greatest poet (for details, click HERE).
As we moved forward in response to this calamity, we will endeavor to keep our fans up-to-date with our plans to rebuild as they develop.
 Above: "There's A Certain Slant of Chutes and Ladders" is still popular with children today! |  Above: "I'm Nobody. Who Are You?" was marketed as "a game of hidden identity." |
Above: The classic game "A Password Is Dead
When It Is Said" became a hit TV game show.
When It Is Said" became a hit TV game show.
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