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Key West Map: Ernest Hemingway Home and MuseumErnest Hemingway Home and Museum Frommer's Highly Recommended

Hours Daily 9am-5pm
Address 907 Whitehead St
Location Between Truman Ave. and Olivia St
Phone 305/294-1136
Fax 305/294-2755
Web site www.hemingwayhome.com
Prices Admission $11 adults, $6 children
Other Limited parking

Frommer's Review

Hemingway's particularly handsome stone Spanish Colonial house, built in 1851, was one of the first on the island to be fitted with indoor plumbing and a built-in fireplace. It also has the first swimming pool built on Key West (look for the penny he pressed into the cement near the pool). The author owned the home from 1931 until his death in 1961, and lived here with about 50 cats, whose descendants, including the famed six-toed felines, still roam the premises. It was during those years that the Nobel Prize-winning author wrote some of his most famous works, including For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, and The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Fans may want to take the optional half-hour tour to see his study as well as rooms in his house with glass cabinets that store certain artifacts, books, and pieces of mail addressed to him. It's interesting (to an extent) and included in the price of admission. If you don't take the tour and have no literary interest in Hemingway, the price of admission is really a waste of money, except for the house's lovely architecture and garden. If you're feline-phobic, beware: There are cats everywhere.

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