

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Allan vs. Poe, guest lecture at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum (Alloway, UK)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Poe Baltimore presents a guest lecture at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. Visiting from the United States, Enrica Jang, Executive Director of the Edgar Allan Poe House &amp; Museum, explores Edgar Allan Poe’s early life, Scottish connections, and the transatlantic forces that shaped his work.

Orphaned at the age of two, Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. Their household was shaped as much by commerce and ambition as by culture. John Allan, a Scottish-born merchant, provided Poe with education and opportunity, but the relationship between guardian and child would ultimately fracture. The resulting tension between sensitivity and pragmatism, art and industry, and belonging and exile left a lasting mark on Poe’s life and writing.

Presented in collaboration with POEtic Justice Productions, the lecture places Poe’s upbringing within its original Scottish context, tracing the Allan family’s roots and the broader nineteenth-century world of migration, commerce, and cultural exchange. Like Robert Burns, Poe emerged from uncertain circumstances and wrote with emotional intensity and fierce independence, transforming personal hardship into a lasting literary legacy.

This illustrated lecture is free and open to the public in the Robertson Room and does not require admission to the Burns Birthplace Museum, though attendees are encouraged to support the museum through a donation or tour if able. The program includes discussion and audience Q&amp;A.

The following day, the series continues in Irvine with a separate, ticketed cemetery walk and performance. Led by Enrica Jang and actor Stephen Duffy, the event invites participants to visit the places discussed in the lecture, offering a chance to experience Poe’s Scottish connections on the ground rather than only in theory. Details for the Irvine event are available here: https://PoeTourIrvine.eventbrite.com
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ayr/allan-vs-poe-guest-lecture-at-the-robert-burns-birthplace-museum-alloway-uk/200029570370255
- **Event Categories**: art, burns-night, theatre, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Ayr
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Robert Burns Birthplace Museum NTS
- **lat**: 55.427405656043
- **long**: -4.6344900318654
- **full address**: Robert Burns Birthplace Museum NTS, Burns Birthplace Museum, Ayr, KA7 4, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum / Poe Baltimore (https://allevents.in/org/edgar-allan-poe-house-and-museum-poe-baltimore/10959973)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Robert Burns Birthplace Museum NTS, Burns Birthplace Museum, Ayr, KA7 4, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum / Poe Baltimore
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, burns-night, theatre, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Allan vs. Poe, guest lecture at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum (Alloway, UK) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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