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- Cemeteries
- Key West City Cemetery
Also known as the Old City Cemetery. Features sections on its history, survey projects, photos, and local burial customs.
www.historicpreservationservices.org/keywestcemetery
- Museums and Memorials
- Audubon House and Tropical Gardens
Restored 19th-century home featuring period gardens, antiques, and art gallery with original engravings by John James Audubon.
www.audubonhouse.com
- Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
Offers information on the national landmark including Hemingway's time in Key West plus directions and brochure for visitors.
www.hemingwayhome.com
- Harry S. Truman Little White House
Formerly Quarters A at the Key West Naval Station and a favorite retreat of Harry Truman, now a national landmark. Includes history and information on tours and events.
www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com
- Key West Shipwreck Historeum
Combines live actors, films, laser technology, and recovered artifacts to tell the story of the Isaac Allerton, which sank in 1856 on the Florida Keys reef.
www.historeum.com
- Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society
Features artifacts from four ships that sank in the Florida Keys: the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, the Santa Margarita, the St. John's Wreck, and the Henrietta Marie.
www.melfisher.org
- Pirate Soul
History museum dedicated to the exploits of Caribbean pirates.
www.piratesoul.com
- Museums and Memorials > San Carlos Institute@
- Organizations
- Key West Arts and Historical Society
Maintains the Museum of Art & History at the Custom House, the Lighthouse and Keeper's Quarters Museum, and the Fort East Martello Museum and Gardens.
www.kwahs.com
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