Florida’s summer heat is here! Please note that docent-led tours will be suspended whenever the heat index exceeds 100°F. If you would like to confirm whether docent-led tours are available on a particular day, please call us directly.
*Please note that the Museum & Museum Shop will be closed from Monday, August 17-Friday, August 21st for staff training and museum cleaning prior to our busy season. We apologize for the inconvenience.
In 1798, Don Andres Ximenez built this fine three-story coquina home for his bride, Juana Pellicer. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of overnight guests sought refuge within our walls from war, sickness, and hurricanes and started new adventures in the paradise of Florida, just to name a few. For 228+ years, this home has been owned and operated by generations of enterprising women and continues to be owned and operated by women today.
The Ximenez-Fatio House Museum is proud to offer a variety of specialty tours and events across an array of topics for all interests and ages. From tales of life as an enslaved person in antebellum St. Augustine, our colonial gardens, archaeological discoveries, and after-hours tours by candlelight sharing our spooky side, there is always something happening at our historic house museum and property!
“The old houses, built of a kind of stone which is seemingly a pure concretion of small shells, overhang the streets with their wooden balconies; and the gardens between the houses are fenced on the side of the street with high walls of stone. Peeping over these walls you see branches of the pomegranate, and of the orange-tree now fragrant with flowers, and, rising yet higher, the leaning boughs of the fig with its broad luxuriant leaves.”
Tours Available Daily!
Our classic museum tour gives guests a broad overview of the over 226+ years of history at the Ximenez-Fatio House.
Docent-guided tours are offered at 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM, weather permitting. Self-guided audio tours are available until 3:45 PM to allow for a full hour of touring before we close.
Are you interested in hosting an event at the Ximenez-Fatio House Museum, or perhaps you’re planning a wedding and looking for the perfect St. Augustine venue?
Check out our Wedding & Events page for more information!
Did you know that our quaint Aviles Street has its own live camera streaming 24/7? Experience the beauty, rain or shine!
The Ximenez Fatio House Museum on Aviles Street in St. Augustine is honored to have been chosen by the Jessie Ball duPont Foundation for a Match program to take place ONLINE between Nov. 1, and Dec. 31, 2025. We are in the middle of a very special preservation program to prepare our 227-year-old museum for our nation’s celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
