For those who are, like me, confused about how the cat could belong to a man who died an entire human lifetime ago: the museum houses descendants of Hemingway's childhood cat (and a bunch of other cats too). The website has a page about them that includes pictures of a few https://www.hemingwayhome.com/our-cats

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 58 points 1 month ago

Fuck yes I love shit like this.

That dude has the ancestral memory of the coziest spot in the home.

[–] pnelego@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This sent me down a rabbit hole where I learned PETA investigated the house. According to Wikipedia, even PETA said “What I found was a bunch of fat, happy and relaxed cats.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway_House

That article also has another picture of a cat lounging on priceless historical artifacts.

Their legal troubles with the USDA over these cats is an interesting read as well.

[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 14 points 1 month ago

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A Hemingway Cat breaks the rules of the house