August 26, 7PM (ET)
JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS: PERFORMING GENDER IN THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY CIRCUS (In-Person)
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September 3, 7PM (ET)
THE IMPROBABLE VICTORIA WOODHULL: SUFFRAGE, FREE LOVE, AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT (Virtual)
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New Exhibition through September 2025
It Happened in Hartford: 150 Years of the Mark Twain House
Location: Throughout the Museum Center, Online, and on the streets of Hartford
September 2024 marked the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Clemens family in their newly built Hartford home and 50 years since the Mark Twain House formally opened as a Museum. We are celebrating these important milestones over the next year in a number of ways, including a special exhibition, a community history project, and an education initiative.
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MARK TWAIN STORE
Whether you’re a Twainiac, life-long bibliophile, or a jewelry connoisseur, browse and shop exclusive finds and a lovely variety of gifts for everyone of all ages at The Mark Twain House & Museum Store. Games, interesting reads, notebooks, unique apparel, we have it all! Proceeds from the store support the upkeep and restoration of Twain’s historic home and its programs.
SHOPMark Twain is one of our nation's defining cultural figures.
The Mark Twain House & Museum has restored the author’s Hartford, Connecticut, home, where the author and his family lived from 1874 to 1891. Twain wrote his most important works during the years he lived there, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. In addition to providing tours of Twain’s restored home, a National Historic Landmark, the institution offers activities and educational programs that illuminate Twain’s literary legacy and provide information about his life and times.
Visit The Mark Twain HouseMark Twain American Voice in Literature Award 2025
First presented in 2016, the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award honors a work of fiction from the previous calendar that speaks with an “American Voice” about American experiences.
The award carries a $25,000 cash prize underwritten by bestselling author and trustee of the Mark Twain House and Museum, David Baldacci.
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Our Mission
From this house, Mark Twain changed the way the world sees America and the way Americans see themselves. We continue the conversation he began.
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“America’s Best House Museum” –FORBES (2021)
