Ximenez-Fatio House Museum: Mortality and Mourning — A Century of Death
Friday, October 6, 2023
Tours are Fridays and Saturdays at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. though October 28
Admission
Overview
Enjoy a guided spooky candlelight tour through this 225-year-old Historic House Museum. Learn about the ways St. Augustine townsfolk of the 1800’s practiced medicine and mourning rituals from Spanish-American last rites, Victorian Spiritualism, to Afro-Caribbean practices. Learn how illnesses were treated with at-home remedies from the colonial garden and original 1798 kitchen. This family-friendly nighttime activity will get you into the Halloween spirit! Tours are Fridays and Saturdays at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person. 20 Aviles St., St. Augustine. 904-829-3575 www.ximenezfatiohouse.org
Upcoming Dates
- Friday, October 6
- Saturday, October 7
- Friday, October 13
- Saturday, October 14
- Friday, October 20
- Saturday, October 21
- Friday, October 27
- Saturday, October 28
Within the coquina walls of the Ximenez-Fatio House Museum is a vivid recreation of how people lived in the years after Florida became a new territory of the United States…