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Hemingway Home and the Six-Toed Cats

Hemingway Home in Key West. Tour the writer's house and meet the six-toed cats.

Tour the house where Ernest Hemingway lived and wrote in the 1930s, with his writing studio, his big pool and treasures from his travels. Meet the dozens of cats that roam the house and gardens, many with six toes. Each count the toes on as many cats as you can, and see who finds the most. The photo to get: you with a cat on the porch.

  • Date or adventure
  • 1-3 hours
  • Easy
  • $20-60
  • Indoors
  • Daytime

Good with just you, friends, family, and kids

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Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, Whitehead St, Key West907 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040
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Kids' version

Cat hunt! Find each thing.

  1. A cat with six toes
  2. A sleeping cat
  3. The big pool
  4. An old typewriter
  5. A selfie with a cat!

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About this place

Hemingway lived here from 1931 to 1939 and wrote some of his best-known work in the studio out back. The pool was the first in Key West. The story goes that it cost so much that Hemingway pressed a penny into the wet concrete, saying they'd taken his last one. Look for it near the pool.

About 60 cats live on the grounds, and many are polydactyl, with extra toes. They're said to descend from a six-toed cat named Snow White, given to Hemingway by a ship's captain. The museum has been cash only at times, so bring some just in case.

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