The house in Cuba where Ernest Hemingway once lived opened its doors for a short time to show off some of his rarely seen possessions, including the certificate for his 1954 Nobel Prize for literature.
Just east of Havana at the farm known as Finca Vigia, the house where Hemingway lived from 1940-61 is a museum, where the doors are usually locked and visitors must peek through windows from the outside.
The exposition where visitors got a close look at some of Hemingway's belongings last week coincided with an international colloquium that brought about 60 academics and Hemingway fans to Havana.
"These pieces are very rarely shown," said museum worker Belkis Cedeno of the objects, including an original script for the film adaptation of Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea."
Also shown: a copy of the Cuban magazine Bohemia from 1953 that carried a Spanish translation of the book, and an old Life magazine with a cover story about Hemingway.
About 9,000 books, works of art, 800 records (mostly jazz), hunting trophies and furniture fill the rooms.
Mary Hemingway donated the house to Cuba in 1962, one year after her husband's suicide in Ketchum, Idaho.