Loved the cats and the history. We had an excellent tour guide named Stan who was very knowledgeable about Key West and the Hemmingway history. Very enjoyable.
Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, Key West
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Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
907 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040
305 294 1575
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Ranked #12 of 84 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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Owner description:
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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Arvada, Colorado
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Minneapolis
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Great tour, very interesting to learn about this author. Great old house. The cats were a highlight for us, especially the three toed one. Neat to hear the story about the penny near the pool.
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Tour was not too long for my 15 year old to enjoy as well as I did, and the guide did an excellent job. My daughter especially enjoyed all of the cats!
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
June 17, 2013
Thank you for your review. We are glad you and your children enjoyed the tour.
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Williamsburg, VA
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I am glad I paid for this tour. It supported a great part of both Key West and American histories. The house, pool and surrounding properties were maintained close to their original condition from Hemingway's days and gave a glimpse of what KW was like then, not to mention his stimulus in his most prolific writing days. Our guide, Cody,...
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
June 17, 2013
THANK YOU very much Williamsburg, Virginia for your 5-star review!!! We will certainly pass along your comments to Cody, Thanks again.
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Tampa, Florida
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Historical home of Ernest Hemingway - Great Author. You can look around or take a guided tour. The home is lovely and has a porch all around up and down. the True Caretakers of this house are the Six Toed Cats and they are everywhere. Nice Tiffany Lamp in the dining room and gorgous picasso cat sculpture in the upstairs...
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
June 17, 2013
THANK YOU very much Tampa, Florida for your 5-star review!!! We are glad you visited and great to see fellow Floridians exploring this wonderful state.
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Galena, Ohio, United States
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He just rushed us through so he could get on to the next group. Didn't learn very much about Hemingway himself.
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
June 17, 2013
Thank you for your review. We have emailed you directly to ask for details of your tour guide and tour so we may correct any less than satisfactory conditions of the tours given to our guests.
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Lakeland, FL
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We enjoyed our visit here, which I would say was divided into four parts: the tour of the house, the tour of the grounds, our own exploration of the grounds, and the bookstore. The tour guide we had was an entertaining storyteller and obviously admires Hemingway and cares for the cats. He really made the experience for us, in spite...
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
June 17, 2013
Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed the guided tour, book store and your exploration of the grounds and gardens.
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Little Rock, AR
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There is so much history in Key West, and the Hemingway house is a wonderful piece of it. Be sure and do the guided tour. You will find out so many interesting things about the Hemingway's and Key West. The guide will speak to the pictures, furnishings, structure, family members and the cats who have lived and are still living...
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Lisboa
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There is a tour explaining the house and Hemingway life, that makes the visit much more interesting, try to go in the morning around 9am when its open, when there is not excursions yet so you can enjoy the house quietly. You must bring money the entrance its a bit expensive, 7$ I think, I dont remember exactly.
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
June 17, 2013
Thank you very much for your 5-star review. We are glad you took the guided tour.
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London
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Fantastic to be able to visit the home of Ernest Hemingway and to enjoy his house filled with so many original pieces from his stay there. Our guide was very informative and delivered many amusing anecdotes. It was a delight to have such freedom walking round both the house and gardens, unhindered by the normal "Don't Touch" notices. But stars...
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HemingwayHome, Public Relations Manager at Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, responded to this review
June 17, 2013
THANK YOU very much London for your 5-star review!!! We are glad you enjoyed the tour. You may know that Hemingway met his wife Mary while she was working for Time magazine in London.
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