Please join us Thursday, March 21, 5:30 p.m., for the opening of Twain’s Attic, Ninety Years, Ninety Treasures, a new exhibition at The Mark Twain House & Museum, celebrating the 90th anniversary of […]
Read more »Strategic Plan, New Board Members, Volunteers Honored at 2019 Annual Meeting
The Mark Twain House & Museum board of trustees approved a three-year strategic plan, welcomed a new board member and honored funders and volunteers at its annual meeting on Thursday, […]
Read more »Anna Schofer Joins Mark Twain House as Development Associate
Anna Schofer has joined The Mark Twain House & Museum staff as our new Development Associate. She will be responsible for all donor database management, correspondence, and communication with donors […]
Read more »Mark Twain House Recipient of NEH Grant
The Mark Twain House & Museum has been awarded a Preservation Assistance Grant for $1,690 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to assess 26 objects in the museum’s collection. The […]
Read more »Mark Twain House Returns as a Sponsor of the Hartford Creative Contest
The Mark Twain House & Museum is again sponsoring the Hartford Creative Contest in 2019. 2019 is the fourth year of the contest. The contest offers Hartford students in grades […]
Read more »Hartford’s Poet Laureate to give Youth Writing Workshop December 28
Frederick-Douglass Knowles II, Hartford’s first poet laureate and an associate professor of English at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, will be offering two youth creative writing workshops at The […]
Read more »American Voice In Literature Accepting Entries Until January 15, 2019
The Mark Twain House & Museum is inviting submissions from publishers and authors for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, which carries a $25,000 prize. Two runners-up will […]
Read more »Carriage House Restoration Underway
Restoration work is underway on the exterior of Mark Twain’s Carriage House. To ensure the preservation of this historic building, the museum is having repairs done to its roof and […]
Read more »Gilded Age Twain Tree at Wadsworth Atheneum Festival of Trees
Carol Nicolucci, a Mark Twain House & Museum volunteer, was the head designer of the Mark Twain House Christmas tree included in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art’s 45th Annual Festival of Trees […]
Read more »The Holiday Season is a Special Time at the Mark Twain House
The holiday season is busy at The Mark Twain House & Museum with three Jill Sobule concerts, a live radio drama presentation of A Christmas Carol, a Sunday sale in the […]
Read more »Bank of America Awards $10,000 Grant to The Mark Twain House & Museum
Bank of America has awarded a $10,000 grant to The Mark Twain House & Museum. “We look forward to working with Bank of America this year and in the future,” […]
Read more »Crib, Other Clemens Artifacts Restored Thanks to IMLS Grant
A significant artifact of the Clemens family’s life in their Hartford home will be returning to the Mark Twain House. The walnut crib that was used by Sam’s daughters will […]
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