Overview

Learn about the life, work and death of one of America's greatest writers through family photographs, early manuscripts and other memorabilia. Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway, author of 'The Old Man and the Sea', 'A Farewell to Arms' and other esteemed works, was born and raised in suburban Oak Park. Explore lesser known parts of his career, such as his on-location reporting of various wars. The museum admission includes a guided tour of Hemingway's birthplace house, which is just up the street. Also it is closed on New Year's, Christmas Day, Easter Sunday, Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. See website for visitor info and calendar of events.