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The Walt Whitman House in Camden, New Jersey, is the house where Walt Whitman lived for eight years and where he wrote later editions of his poetry collection Leaves of Grass. Now the house is a museum dedicated to Whitman's life and writings. Visitors travel to this museum to feel more connected to an author they admire. To encourage that sense of connection, the museum's curators have set up exhibits with furnishings and décor owned by Whitman. Such exhibits help visitors understand day-to-day life in the house where Whitman felt inspired.