Tennessee Williams Museum

Tennessee Williams Museum The exhibit focuses on Tennessee Williams in Key West, and includes articles, photos, playbills, art

The goal of the Exhibit is to keep the legacy alive of one of the greatest American writers of the last century. It offers visitors an entertaining and informative self-guided tour as well as curator led tours. Included in the Exhibit is the largest collection of Tennessee Williams memorabilia available to the public. It includes an extensive collection of photographs, most of which were taken in

Key West, first edition plays and books, rare newspaper and magazine articles, videos, and a typewriter used by the author while writing in Key West. Historic and hard to find artifacts and materials continue to be donated and purchased to enhance the Exhibit. An expanded Tennessee Williams Birthday Celebration continues to be held each spring. Short story writing has been added to the poetry and painting contests. A series of classic award-winning films based on Williams’ plays are shown at the Tropic Cinema, followed by a film forum. Theater events explore the personal and artistic life of Williams in order to provide insights into the emotional and artistic rollercoaster that plagued him for most of his life and influenced his writing. The March 26 Birthday Reception recognizes contest winners and celebrates the life and work of one of Key West’s most famous residents.

12/09/2024

Man with cat. Actually, it’s Tennessee Williams with his cat in Key West. I took this picture in 1981 in his studio behind his house in Key West. Mr. Williams worked several hours each morning at a manual typewriter without distraction before eating a meal and going for a swim. A parrot and bulldog kept company with the cat. Sadly, the greatest playwright of the 20th Century died just a couple years later and this is one of the last pictures in his lifetime.—Nathan Benn

Right in our backyard 🏊‍♂️
11/29/2024

Right in our backyard 🏊‍♂️

This sign can be found on the Southernmost beach in Key West, Florida.

08/08/2024

“Don't you just love those long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn't just an hour - but a little piece of eternity dropped into your hands - and who knows what to do with it?”
― Blanche DuBois from "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams

07/02/2024

The script that became A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.

Typist: Change “Ralph” to “Stanley.”

This is exciting footage of Anna Magnani and Tennessee Williams in Key West
06/26/2024

This is exciting footage of Anna Magnani and Tennessee Williams in Key West

04/17/2024

"Finishing a play, you know, is like completing a marriage or a love affair. You're totally absorbed in the play or the novel or the piece of writing, and when you can't do any more with it, it ceases to be the center of your life. You feel very forsaken by that, that's why I love revising and revising, because it delays the moment when there is this separation between you and the work."--Tennessee Williams/Interview with Joanne Stang/New York Times/March, 1965/

The Rose Tattoo - Filmed here in Key West
04/14/2024

The Rose Tattoo - Filmed here in Key West

THE ROSE TATTOO, Burt Lancaster, having titular tattoo applied, 1955.

03/18/2024

“I write every day and I revise so often because I want to get it right. To be a writer is to consistently write, revise, question. Writing—like living—is trying every day to get it right, make it clear, figure it out.”—Tennessee Williams in an interview with James Grissom. (Alfred Eisenstaedt)

We are kicking off our annual Tennessee Williams Key West Festival next week!  Join us for the month-long celebration tw...
02/23/2024

We are kicking off our annual Tennessee Williams Key West Festival next week! Join us for the month-long celebration

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For more than 30 years, internationally renowned playwright Tennessee Williams lived and wrote theatrical masterpieces in Key West. Fans can celebrate his extraordinary talent and life with a series of

Thanks, Bill G., for visiting our awarding-winning Tennessee Williams Museum.We are open every day from 10:00am until ou...
02/05/2024

Thanks, Bill G., for visiting our awarding-winning Tennessee Williams Museum.

We are open every day from 10:00am until our last admission at 4:30pm. Stop by and learn about one of America's greatest playwrights who called Key West 'home' for over 30 years.

01/19/2024

As the Tennessee Williams Key West Festival approaches, the Key West Art & Historical Society is extending an invitation to poets and writers to partake in the 2024 Poetry and Short Story writing contests. These contests are integral components of the annual celebration held each March in honor of t...

01/13/2024

"I think my writing is prayer. I feel more comfortable putting my words, my desires, my fears, my questions into the mouths of others, then on paper, and I feel that it rises directly to whatever God of the moment is present, is real, is accessible."--Tennessee Williams/Interview with James Grissom

Photo: Tennessee Williams on the set of “A Streetcar Named Desire” in 1947. By Eliot Elisofon.

Address

513 Truman Avenue
Key West, FL
33040

Opening Hours

Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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+13052044527

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