Help us protect the home of one of America’s greatest writers.
Dear Friends,
In early April, Executive Director Stephanie Bond and Senior Advisor Mary-Jo Adams traveled to Cuba to visit Finca Vigía, Ernest Hemingway’s beloved Cuban home. Despite ongoing nationwide power outages, we are happy to report that the onsite Restoration Center remains in remarkably excellent condition.
Because of your support in building this state-of-the-art archival storage vault and conservation laboratory, Ernest Hemingway’s most precious documents continue to be safely preserved.
We are deeply grateful for your generosity.
Though the materials housed in the archival vault are safe and secure, the historic house continues to suffer. The damaging effects of humidity, termites, hurricanes, and intense tropical sunlight have put the house and collections within at risk.
To help mitigate this problem, our Foundation will soon export six historically accurate, hurricane and termite-resistant windows to replace the most severely deteriorated units. Our team of US-based experts is ready to travel to Havana for the installation.
We need your help to complete this phase of the project. Your tax-deductible contribution will make it possible.
Thank you!
Ernest Hemingway and
250 Years of the United States
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, it is honoring 250 individuals whose lives and accomplishments have helped shape the nation.
Ernest Hemingway has been recognized among the 250 notable figures for his contributions in shaping literary and cultural history.
Through works such as The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway left an indelible mark on global culture.
For those who care deeply about preserving cultural and literary history, Finca Vigía holds special significance. More than a historic house, it offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the writer’s life—the place where he lived, worked, welcomed friends, and wrote some of his most enduring stories.
Our Foundation remains committed to its mission of providing the research and technical assistance necessary to restore and preserve Ernest Hemingway’s home and its contents at Finca Vigía in San Francisco de Paula, Cuba.
OUR MISSION
From the Executive Director
Foundation News
Hemingway’s Finca Vigía: Preserving American Cultural Heritage
From an essay by Dr. Sandra Spanier
Finca Vigía is the fitting home of the treasure trove of papers and books, some still in need of being restored, preserved, and scanned. But the importance of Finca Vigía extends far beyond serving as the natural repository for the Hemingway papers and books. The house itself tells the story of Hemingway’s life and work. Not only did he write IN the house, he even wrote ON its very walls: to this day, one can read on the bathroom walls Hemingway’s penciled daily records of his weight, along with some pithy notations about what he ate or drank.