Front of Eudora Welty’s 1925 Tudor Revival house, a National Historic Landmark in Jackson, Mississippi.
Stacks of books on an antique couch in front of the bookshelves in the Eudora Welty house living room.
Close up of pink tea rose blossom at the Eudora Welty House & Garden with arbor in the background.

Eudora Welty House & Garden

See where the Pulitzer Prize-winning author lived, entertained, and wrote her stories.

House tours are given Tuesday–Friday at 9 & 11 a.m. and 1 & 3 p.m., and Saturdays at 1 & 3 p.m.

RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED

Step Inside One Writer’s World

Discover what inspired one of America’s most significant authors through guided tours of her home, interpretive museum exhibits, and a walk through her historic botanical garden.

Eudora Welty as a young woman seated behind a large open book, with one arm folded across the pages and one hand at her cheek.
WELTY
Front of the Tudor Revival house next door to the Welty House which serves as the Eudora Welty House & Garden Education and Visitors Center.
THE MUSEUM
Front of Eudora Welty’s Smith-Corona electric typewriter on the wooden desk in her bedroom at the Eudora Welty House & Garden.
THE HOUSE
Two pink and white camellia blossoms at the Eudora Welty House & Garden on a green camellia bush planted by Eudora Welty.
THE GARDEN

Mark Your Calendar

Thursday, January 22

Paint & Sip

Monday, January 26

Welty at Home Virtual Book Club: Meanwhile there are Letters

Thursday, January 29

Book Signing with Elise Smith & Judith Page at Lemuria

An examination of the lives, gardens, writing, and artwork of Southern women who found inspiration
Monday, February 2

Welty at Home Virtual Book Club: Meanwhile there are Letters

Monday, February 9

Welty at Home Virtual Book Club: Meanwhile there are Letters

Monday, February 16

Welty at Home Virtual Book Club: Meanwhile there are Letters

Monday, February 23

Welty at Home Virtual Book Club: Meanwhile there are Letters

Friday, February 27

CEU Workshop: Eudora Welty and the Great Depression

2026 Welty Teachers’ CEU Workshop | Eudora Welty and the Great Depression

Educators are invited t

Monday, March 2

Welty at Home Virtual Book Club: Meanwhile there are Letters

Monday, March 23

Welty at Home Virtual Book Club: Meanwhile there are Letters

Monday, March 30

Welty at Home Virtual Book Club: Meanwhile there are Letters

Monday, April 6

Welty at Home Virtual Book Club: Meanwhile there are Letters

Monday, April 13

Welty at Home Virtual Book Club: Meanwhile there are Letters

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