Ximenez-Fatio House Museum

Very historic house museum that dates back to the 1700’s. You check in at the gift shop and during the hot summer that’s about the only room that has AC. They sell waters there but I recommend bringing your own water bottle because it gets hot. The house is 2 levels and you can scan a QR code or use one of their devices to do a self guided tour with a narration through each room. It was a very hot day so I went through the site pretty quickly. It was amazing to see very old things that have been preserved and just how they utilized what they had way back then. Each room was staged with many layers and cool pieces. If you follow the audio it can go by slower but you can read through it instead. It was quite fascinating and not very busy on that particular day.

It was a fantastic experience! Each room is beautifully preserved and filled with period-appropriate furniture which along with the interesting stories provided by the audio guide make it very easy to imagine what life was like in those times. It’s clear a lot of care and effort has gone into maintaining this historic place. We visited during Night of Lights so the Christmas decorations were a huge bonus.

Very well done museum with many layers and aspects. The audio tour was very good and the employees very informative and knowledgeable.

This is the best museum I have been to in St. Augustine and maybe in Florida itself. The staff were so attentive and caring, you could tell that talking about the history of the museum was their passion. The historic boarding house was beautiful and clean, the antiques were all accurate and suited everything perfectly. I can't wait to go back in the future as I was told about new tours happening soon. My husband even talked about getting a membership there! Good for the kids too, my preteens were fascinated!

What a wonderful museum. This is also a very elegant location for a small wedding ceremony. I loved the garden and I leaned a lot while talking to the caretakers. I touched the oldest fig tree that I have ever seen and I sat under an orange tree smelling orange blossoms for the first time in my life. It was a wonderful day and I look forward to visiting the museum again the next time that I am in town.

We had a wonderful tour of the property. There is a rich history of the homes here. Beautiful antique pieces bring history alive. We visited on the morning after a paranormal investigation took place so we received a little extra information. It was so fun if you like this kind of thing! Our guide was lovely and knowledgeable about the area.

Very unique experience. We went to this place as early as it opened and were the only 2 visitors there at the time, so we really took our time to see everything and to hear the explanations about each and every room. It was really interesting and unique to be at a place where people used to live and visit so long ago. The staff were super nice, there is a cute little gift shop and very clean restrooms. It was about 12$ per person (no discount for students unfortunately) but I think it was totally worth it.

One of the best museums In town! Hannah was super informative and answered all my questions. It was super neet seeing all the artifacts and imagining like back then. I'll definitely need to visit again soon!