Literary folk will rejoice in the fact that one of the four houses that F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda Sayre lived in survived. The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum in Montgomery, Alabama is a preserved Jazz Age home, the only one of its kind in the world.
Zelda grew up in Montgomery in the Cottage Hill neighborhood, only a mile from the museum. The couple lived here from October 1931 until the April 1932, right after Zelda had just been released from a clinic where she was diagnosed as schizophrenic. This is the last home that the couple and their daughter Scottie lived in together, before her illness passed the point that they could manage. Begin your tour with a movie, thirty minutes long, which sets the scene of the Fitzgerald household.
Then explore the artifacts inside. The house is dressed in a Roaring ‘20s fashion with time period furniture, a vintage lamp for instance.
Scott’s tweed jacket.
Paintings of Zelda’s.
So many books, articles, and interesting objects. During the time the family lived in the home Scott was working on Tender is the Night and Zelda Save Me the Waltz.
This stop on the Southern Literary Trail is a must for fans of the literary legend Fitzgerald. If you are looking for a place to stay in Montgomery, one of the most unique options is to book an AIRBNB at the museum. Use this link to book the home, or any on AIRBNB and you will receive a $40 in travel credit when you sign up.
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+Admission to the museum is by suggested donation