In Amherst, Mass., the modest second-floor bedroom where Emily Dickinson penned much of her poetry is now available for rent. For up to two hours, one can work (or simply sit, taking it all in) in the same corner of the house where Dickinson wrote her “letter to the world”—or nearly 1,800 poems.

That house is known as “The Homestead,” the 19^th-century New England mansion where Dickinson was born in the winter of 1830. Today, The Homestead, and the property next door, The Evergreens—which housed Emily’s brother Austin and his family—comprise the Emily Dickinson Museum. As indicated on the museum’s website, “its mission is to educate diverse audiences about Emily Dickinson’s life, family, creative work, times, and enduring relevance, and to preserve and interpret the Homestead and The Evergreens as historical resources for the benefit of scholars and the general public.”

Understandably, visitors have been romanced by the room’s intimate details: the single wooden bed, the pink roses wallpaper, a replica of one of Dickinson’s white dresses, the quietude—and other aspects suggestive of Dickinson’s sensibility and creative life. The New York Times writer Sarah Lyall describes the experience of working in Dickinson’s bedroom as “thrilling” and “uncanny”—“as if no time had passed at all.” Blair Kamin, writing for the Chicago Tribune in February, describes the room as a “quiet, contemplative space.... furnished with a lamp that suggests her nocturnal writing habits.”

You, too, can experience Dickinson’s bedroom with Ms. Lyall through this virtual reality film produced by the Times.

Related reading: New Yorker writer Anthony Lane reviews “A Quiet Passion,” a film about Emily Dickinson, stars Cynthia Nixon, who plays Emily.

Photo Credit: Greg Miller for The New York Times.