AMHERST, Mass. - After being closed for nearly 3 years due to the pandemic, the Emily Dickinson House Museum has reopened this week along with a few surprises.

The Amherst home that was built in 1813 by an early member of the Dickinson family was eventually sold to Amherst College in the late 1900s, and was eventually turned into a house museum to honor the historic figure.

"Emily Dickinson was one of the world's greatest poets born right here in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1830," said executive director Jane Wald. "She wrote as many as 1,800 poems, but only a few of them were published in her own lifetime."

During the Civil War, Dickinson was said to have written at least one poem a day at the house about the trauma she experienced from the country's internal battle. Dickinson's poetry also made many references to her home in Massachusetts.

"She wrote, 'I see New Englandly,' " said Wald. "So she had a real connection to her home ground, to her New England and to her Amherst."

The museum is said to hold the worlds the largest collection of Dickinson family artifacts. One thing missing from the property is her original poetry. She left that to Amherst College because of a family dispute.

While the museum was closed, an Apple TV+ series based off the poets life called "Dickinson" visited the site for inspiration. While the show was not filmed there, they supplied the museum with items they bought for the show's production.

"In furnishing their sets, they went out and purchased real 19th century furnishings and decorated the walls and the floors with period wallpapers and period carpets," said Wald.

Wald said Dickinson's legacy has increased immensely since reopening and she's excited to see so many younger fans attending the house museum.

"Creating a body of work that is unparalleled and has finally, after her death, has finally made its way into the world," said Wald.