🦇 Gorey, After Dark
Presented by Queer History Boston in collaboration with the Edward Gorey House
Friday, November 7, 2025
🕓 Arrive by 4:15 PM — Tour begins promptly at 4:30 PM
🎟️ Tickets purchased directly at the door.
📍 Edward Gorey House, 8 Strawberry Lane, Yarmouth Port, MA
🚗 Carpool encouraged!
Step inside the eerie elegance of Edward Gorey’s world — after hours, after dark, and with a distinctly queer twist.
Join Queer History Boston for a special twilight tour of the Edward Gorey House, where we’ll explore the hidden queer subtext, surreal humor, and campy morbidity woven through Gorey’s art and writing. This intimate after-hours experience invites us to wander through his peculiar imaginarium — a place where black dolls appear uninvited, calling cards announce nothing at all, and faceless figures hint at desires unspoken.
Currently on view:
Concealing the Art: Edward Gorey’s Mysterious Messages
This exhibition delves into the devilish details of Gorey’s work — from the inscrutable Q.R.V. to the ever-present Figbash — revealing how his lifelong dance between mystery and absurdity conceals as much as it illuminates.
As a practitioner of Nonsense Literature and an iconoclastic surrealist, Gorey invites us to peer beyond the prim veneer and glimpse the curious, coded, and queer world beneath.
ℹ️ Event Details
- Arrive by 4:15 PM to purchase tickets at the door directly from the museum.
- Tour begins at 4:30 PM and lasts approximately one hour.
- Admission: Adults $10, Students, seniors, and teachers $8, Kids 5–12 $5 (under 5 free), Card to Culture discount: $2/person (up to 4 per EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare card)
- Carpooling encouraged! Parking is limited in the village.
🎟️ Your Visit Supports Queer History Boston
All optional ticket donations help sustain Queer History Boston’s mission to document, preserve, and share LGBTQ+ history across Massachusetts — keeping our strange, beautiful stories alive for the next generation of curious minds. 🕯️💀✨
