F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum
The house where F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, and his Montgomery-born wife Zelda once rented. It displays manuscripts, paintings, and letters.
Zelda Sayre was the daughter of a Montgomery judge. She met Fitzgerald, a young army officer stationed here, and in 1931–1932 the couple returned to Montgomery with their daughter and rented this Tudor-style house. Fitzgerald wrote Tender Is the Night here, and Zelda wrote the novel Save Me the Waltz. The museum is the only Fitzgerald memorial in the world, displaying first editions, letters, photographs, and Zelda's paintings. Some upstairs rooms can be booked as a guest house. Admission is about $10.
Opening hours
approx. Wed–Sat 10:00–15:00, Sun 12:00–17:00 (check official website)
Nearby sights
- Dexter Parsonage Museum
- First White House of the Confederacy
- Civil Rights Memorial & Center
- Alabama State Capitol
- Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
- Freedom Rides Museum
- National Memorial for Peace and Justice
- Court Square Fountain