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Key West Shipwreck Museum vs The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum

Both Key West Shipwreck Treasure Museum and The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum are endorsed by professional reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum scores significantly higher than Key West Shipwreck Treasure Museum. The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum comes in at 95 with accolades from 9 publications including Atlas Obscura, Lonely Planet and Fodor's.

Key West Shipwreck Museum
Key West Shipwreck Museum
7 / 10
1 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL 33040
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Frommer's Frommer's
"You'll see more impressive artifacts at nearby Mel Fisher's museum, but for the morbidly curious, shipwrecks should rank right up there with car wrecks." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"As a bonus, you can climb the 65-foot lookout tower atop the museum for a great view over this corner of the island and out to sea." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"The Key West Shipwreck Historeum Museum is lively, with a cast of actors taking you back to 1856, when the Isaac Allerton was destroyed by a hurricane in the Saddlebunch Keys." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
0 Stars
"The feel of a 19C dockside warehouse is re-created here as actors recount the thrills and hazards of the wrecking business." Full review
Where Where
"Relive the days of wreckers, lumpers, and divers at the Shipwreck Museum—part museum, part theater." Full review
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The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
9 / 10
907 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040
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Concierge Concierge
"The house itself was built by a marine architect and salvage wrecker in 1851. The rooms all contain antiques and memorabilia from Hemingway's world travels."
Fodor's Fodor's
"Amusing anecdotes spice up the guided tours of Ernest Hemingway's home, built in 1801 by the town's most successful wrecker." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Key West’s biggest darling, Ernest Hemingway, lived in this gorgeous Spanish colonial house from 1931 to 1940." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"It's a shame to come to Hemingway's tropical hideaway and not take the official tour, which start every 10 minutes." Full review
Afar Magazine Afar Magazine
"Hemingway wrote in the early mornings and poked around town in the afternoon - unless he was fishing." Full review
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