The Museum of Bronx History is located at The Valentine–Varian House, a historic house located in the Norwood neighborhood of the Bronx. Built in 1758 by Isaac Valentine, it is the Bronx’s second oldest house and oldest remaining farmhouse. The museum opened in 1968, after the house was restored. The main level of the museum contains three galleries that feature a rich rotation of exhibitions as well as a museum gift store.
3266 Bainbridge Ave, Bronx, NY 10467
The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, built c.1810–1830, is a New York City and State landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic house museum is famous as the final home of the writer. At the time that Poe, his ailing wife Virginia, and mother-in-law Maria Clemm moved in during the spring of 1846, the house was owned by John Valentine. Poe rented it for $100 per year. Virginia died in the house in 1847 and after Poe’s death on October 7, 1849 while in Baltimore, Maria Clemm moved out.
The Bronx Music Hall is the new permanent state-of-the-art home of WHEDco’s Bronx Music Heritage Center (BMHC), which was founded in 2010 to preserve and promote Bronx music, cultivate Bronx artists, spur neighborhood revival, and provide low-cost cultural programs for the community. The BMHC formerly operated out of the BMHC Lab since 2012.
