What do you know about Roxana from Twain’s 1894 tale, PUDD’NHEAD WILSON? Who is Roxana? “To all intents and purposes Roxy was as white as anybody, but the one sixteenth […]
Read more »The Mark Twain House & Museum is a 2023 Blue Star Museum
The Mark Twain House & Museum is a 2023 Blue Star Museum The Mark Twain House & Museum to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer […]
Read more »Lincoln Financial Foundation Awards $20,000 to The Mark Twain House & Museum for Education Programs for Hartford Students
April 24, 2023/Hartford, Connecticut…The Mark Twain House & Museum is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Lincoln Financial Foundation in support of our […]
Read more »Seven Clemens Original Objects Conserved Thanks to IMLS Grant
Thanks to a Museums for America Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) seven Clemens-original objects in The Mark Twain House & Museum’s collection have undergone […]
Read more »Sam’s Shorts: “The Ice Storm,” 1897
Welcome to Sam’s Shorts! Each month we bring you a brief passage from one of Mark Twain’s less-familiar works, inviting you to read, reflect, and respond. Then we share what […]
Read more »Christmas Clemens Conversations
Clemens Conversations returns this December! Join members of our historical interpretation team for four virtual evening programs, delivered live from the beautifully-decorated Mark Twain House during the month of December. […]
Read more »Sam’s Shorts: “A Curious Pleasure Excursion,” 1874
Welcome to Sam’s Shorts! Each month we bring you a brief passage from one of Mark Twain’s less-familiar works, inviting you to read, reflect, and respond. Then we share what […]
Read more »You Can Visit These Famous Writers’ Former Homes
Thank you to House Beautiful for including The Mark Twain House & Museum in their recent article on visiting famous writers’ homes! You can read the pull article at www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/a36806260/writers-historic-house-museums-edith-wharton-jane-austen-mark-twain-ernest-hemingway/
Read more »The Mark Twain House & Museum Receives a $25,000 Grant from Lincoln Financial Foundation to Support Education Programs for Hartford Students
June 10, 2021/ Hartford, CT…The Lincoln Financial Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to The Mark Twain House & Museum to support the museum’s educational programs that serve Hartford students. […]
Read more »Sam’s Shorts: “Get vaccinated,” 1871
Welcome to Sam’s Shorts! Each month we bring you a brief passage from one of Mark Twain’s less-familiar works, inviting you to read, reflect, and respond. Then we share what […]
Read more »CLEMENS CONVERSATIONS
Virtual interactive lectures, document discussions, & ongoing research. Starting in June, The Mark Twain House & Museum is introducing Clemens Conversations! Join members of our curatorial and historical interpretation teams to […]
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