I’ve been thinking about literary home museums lately: I’ve had the chance to visit several from this list of Southern states/authors (which isn’t at all meant to be complete, only a good sampling) just over the past couple of years. One early experience that I’m grateful for was a middle school trip to Ivy Green, Helen Keller’s home, as it gave me an appreciation for the everyday lives and environments that shaped the authors we read.
Faulkner’s Rowan Oak, from a visit last year
Alabama
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum – Montgomery, AL
Helen Keller Birthplace, Ivy Green – Tuscumbia, AL
Mississippi
Rowan Oak, William Faulkner Home – Oxford, MS
Eudora Welty House and Garden – Jackson, MS
Tennessee Williams Home and Welcome Center – Columbus, MS
Tennessee
Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center – Henning, TN
Georgia
Margaret Mitchell House – Atlanta, GA
Flannery O’Connor, Andalusia Farm – Milledgeville, GA
North Carolina
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site – Flat Rock, NC
Thomas Wolfe Memorial, Old Kentucky Home – Asheville, NC
Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum – Key West, FL
Louisiana
The Tennessee Williams House – New Orleans, LA
Texas
O. Henry House Museum – Austin, TX
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