The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park

Hemingway Museum & Archives on Chicago Tonight

The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park was featured recently on WTTW Television's Chicago Tonight program. See the video below:

Hunting for Hemingway Launches at the Hemingway Museum

Author Diane Gilbert Madsen read from and signed copies of her book Hunting for Hemingway Friday, Oct. 1 at the Hemingway Museum. More than 75 people attended the event and got to meet the author.

 
EHFOP Chairman John Berry introduces Diane Gilbert Madsen. Photo: Debby Preiser

 
The Corona 3 typewriter, used by Hemingway to write the lost manuscripts that feature prominently in Madsen's book. Photo: Debby Preiser

John Hemingway Visits Museum Feb. 25th

John Hemingway, Ernest's grandson, will read from and sign copies of his book Strange Tribe at the Hemingway Museum at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Februarly 25. This event is free.

John Patrick Hemingway is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Strange Tribe: A Family Memoir, which reveals the similarities and the complex relationship between his father Dr. Gregory Hemingway and his grandfather, Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway; it also addresses for the first time the connection between his father's cross-dressing and sex reassignment and Ernest Hemingway.

John Hemingway was born in Miami and lived in New York, Missoula and Los Angeles where he graduated from UCLA before moving to Italy in 1983. In Milan, John taught English and worked as a translator. At the same time he also wrote short stories and articles that have been published in national newspapers and magazines in the United States, Italy and Spain such as Saw Palm Literature and Arts Review, Fogged Clarity, Home magazine, El Mundo, Corriere della Sera etc. His short story 'Uncle Gus' was the featured short story for the relaunch of the Saturday Evening Post in July 2009.

As revealed in his memoir, Strange Tribe, Hemingway's childhood was not an easy one. His father suffered from bipolar disorder and his mother was schizophrenic. John spent his early years being shuffled from one home to another, and having to take care of himself and his younger sister when his mother would have psychotic break downs. His move to Italy was a way of distancing himself from his troubled family background and trying to come to terms with it. After spending two decades in Italy and a year in Spain, John now lives with his wife and two children in Montreal, Canada.

Just a short walk from the birthplace, housed inside the Oak Park Arts Center, the Ernest Hemingway Museum is host to permanent and temporary exhibits that explore the author's life. Kiosks fashioned from historic doors hold exhibits of rare photos and artifacts, including Hemingway's childhood diary and the famous letter from nurse Agnes von Kurowsky-later portrayed in A Farewell to Arms-terminating their engagement. Special exhibits highlight Hemingway's love of nature and the arts, along with his involvement in both World Wars and the movies. Other exhibits include The Eye of the Writer, Picturing Hemingway, and Hemingway and the Arts. A museum bookshop features books by and about the author, gift items, videos and posters.

• BIRTHPLACE & MUSEUM HOURS
• Sunday through Friday 1pm-5pm
• Saturday 10am-5pm
• Closed New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King Day, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day, Easter Sunday, Fourth of July and Thanksgiving Day.
  NOTE: Subject to change, please call the Hemingway Museum to confirm.
• ADMISSION (includes both sites)
• $8 adult
• $6 senior (65 and over)
• $6 youth (18 and under)
• Free to children 5 and under
• Rates are subject to change.

Group Rates & Tours are available. Advance reservations are required.

TOURS
Tours of the Home and Museum reflect on the influence and impact that the family and the community had on the early life of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author, and last approximately 90 minutes. We suggest you begin your visit at the Museum.

About The Ernest Hemingway Museum

Just a short walk from the birthplace, housed inside the Oak Park Arts Center, the Ernest Hemingway Museum is host to permanent and temporary exhibits that explore the author's life. Kiosks fashioned from historic doors hold exhibits of rare photos and artifacts, including Hemingway's childhood diary and the famous letter from nurse Agnes von Kurowsky-later portrayed in A Farewell to Arms-terminating their engagement. Special exhibits highlight Hemingway's love of nature and the arts, along with his involvement in both World Wars and the movies. Other exhibits include The Eye of the Writer, Picturing Hemingway, and Hemingway and the Arts. A museum bookshop features books by and about the author, gift items, videos and posters.

• BIRTHPLACE & MUSEUM HOURS
• Sunday through Friday 1pm-5pm
• Saturday 10am-5pm
• Closed New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King Day, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day, Easter Sunday, Fourth of July and Thanksgiving Day.
  NOTE: Subject to change, please call the Hemingway Museum to confirm.
• ADMISSION (includes both sites)
• $8 adult
• $6 senior (65 and over)
• $6 youth (18 and under)
• Free to children 5 and under
• Rates are subject to change.

Group Rates & Tours are available. Advance reservations are required.

TOURS
Tours of the Home and Museum reflect on the influence and impact that the family and the community had on the early life of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author, and last approximately 90 minutes. We suggest you begin your visit at the Museum.