An interesting walkthrough of Hemingway's House. We did not take the guided tour (which is optional--no extra cost) and visitors may get more out of it if they took the tour. There is nothing in the rooms that tell the story of Hemingway, so if you want background information, a guided tour would probably be recommended, but still a relaxing...
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Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
907 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040
305 294 1575
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Ranked #14 of 83 attractions in Key West
Type: Historic Sites, History Museums, Museums
Activities: Group tours/day tour
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Ernest Hemingway lived and wrote in this for ten years. During that time he wrote seventy percent of his life-time works. Today we operate as a museum...
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Ernest Hemingway lived and wrote in this for ten years. During that time he wrote seventy percent of his life-time works. Today we operate as a museum providing guided tours every fifteen minutes from nine to five. The Museum is available for weddings and corporate events. Visit this National Historic Landmark, Literary Landmark and recognized by the Library of Congress for it's importance in U.S. History. Grand Architecture, Lush Gardens, Educational Tours, Book Store/Gift Shop and the world famous Poly dactyl (six-toed cats).
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Columbia, Missouri, United States
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Gaithersburg
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Lovey old house, gardens are a must to see, and those cute cats with the 6 toes. Fun for everyone and all ages.
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Key west
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A very interesting place. We had a nice tour guide,that had a lot of information about Hemingway. Highly recommended.
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Sao Paulo, SP
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deserves an urgent update. uncomfortable, expensive ticket and guides very by the book style. very bad maintenance
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
17 May 2013
Thank you for your review. We actually just started our Summer 2013 project which includes painting the interior of the home (during slower summer months) and will start our redevelopment of the visual aids throughout the home upgrading the presentations with museum quality informational plaques. We hope you will be able to visit again after September 2013 to view the...
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North Olmsted
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This beautiful old has has alot of history. We did the guided tour which I'm glad we did. While it was very hot it was still a great tour. I don't remember our guides name but he kinda reminded me a little of Ernest! He did a great job leading us through the house and giving us some great fun...
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HemingwayHome, Guest Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
17 May 2013
Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed the tour. We actually have 5 wedding events from Thursday through Monday this week, it's the peak wedding season in Key West. Details for holding a wedding here are on our web site.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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A great guided tour! You hear the all about Heminway through stories and tons of pictures. The house is a charming old house filled with those much talked about cats.
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
16 May 2013
Thank you very much Minnesota for your 5-star review! We are glad you visited and enjoyed the tour.
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Atlanta, Georgia
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The house was very interesting. It had a lot of items from Hemingway's past. The grounds around the house were also quite interesting. The pool area looked very relaxing and one could just picture Hemingway sitting poolside enjoying a cigar.
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
16 May 2013
Thank you very much Georgia for your 5-star review! We are glad you like the pool and hope you enjoyed your visit here. The builder of the house Asa Tift's brother was the founder of Tifton in Tift County GA
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Prudenville
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Whether you are a fan of Hemmingway or not, you will enjoy this tour. The six toed cats are everywhere and pretty friendly. The guided tour was very informative. I enjoyed this tour better then the other tours in Key West. Hemmingway was quite a character!
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
16 May 2013
Thank you very much for your 5-star review! We are glad you visited and enjoyed the tour, thanks for the #1 tour in Key West comment!
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Toronto, Canada
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Very interesting if you like and have read Hemingway. Not a long tour, but some interesting anecdotes told by a Hemingway look alike!
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
16 May 2013
Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed the tour by what could have been a look-a-like.
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Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom
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interesting visit with interesting tour with a tour guide telling us all about Earnest Hemmingway that was really fascinating. I would go back as I feel a one off visit is enough
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16 May 2013
THANK YOU very much for your 5-star review! Being from the UK you may be aware that Hemingway met his wife Mary while she worked for Time magazine in London.
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