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The Stowe House in Hartford, Connecticut, is the house where Harriet Beecher Stowe lived for over twenty years and wrote her novel Poganuc People. Now the house is a museum dedicated to Stowe'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 furniture from the period and Stowe's possessions. Such exhibits help visitors understand day-to-day life in the house where Stowe felt inspired.