Here’s a rare chance to spend three hours in Mark Twain’s personal library to work on your writing project. Take inspiration from the house where Twain wrote Adventures of Huckleberry […]
Read more »Notes From the Carriage House: A Touching Moment
A Touching Moment in the Mark Twain House Hannah Rose – Writing Intern January 2018 I don’t remember my exact age when I first walked into the Mark Twain House. […]
Read more »Mark My Words: Matt Taibbi & Colin McEnroe April 12
Mark Twain House Presents Mark My Words: Matt Taibbi and Colin McEnroe, April 12, 7:30 pm Matt Taibbi and Colin McEnroe, two smart and funny writers in the tradition of […]
Read more »Mark Twain House Takes Education Outreach to Maryland
On Monday, February 12, 2018, The Mark Twain House & Museum’s Director of Education, Dr. James Golden, traveled to Potomac, Maryland, to work with the teachers and students of The […]
Read more »“Tails of Twain” Exhibition Celebrates Mark Twain’s Love for Animals
Mark Twain’s affection for all creatures, whether they had paws or claws, wings or whiskers, was one that he shared with his family – and with his readers. His beloved […]
Read more »Mark Twain’s Mosque Lamp and Mahogany Bed: What Do Objects Tell Us About Authors?
A brass mosque lamp dangles from the ceiling. Its cut glass ornaments glitter in the same soft light that glows on the sparkling metallic paint stenciled into a Moorish pattern […]
Read more »Mark Twain House Seeks Submissions for $25,000 Literature Prize
Hartford, Conn. – The Mark Twain House & Museum is inviting submissions from publishers and others for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, which carries a $25,000 prize. […]
Read more »Mark Twain House Elects Michael R. Chesman to its Board of Trustees
November 18, 2016 — The Mark Twain House & Museum is pleased to announce that Michael R. Chesman has been elected to its Board of Trustees. Chesman is senior vice […]
Read more »Capital Classics presents The War of the Worlds
Friday, October 28, Friday 10/28, & Saturday 10/29 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, October 30, at 2:00 p.m. Prepared to be scared with this radio theatre performance of H. G. Wells’s […]
Read more »The 2016 Family Series at The Mark Twain House & Museum Provides Laughter for Young and Old with COMMEDIA MANIA
On Saturday, October 8, the classic Italian art of commedia dell’arte gets a modern twist for family audiences at The Mark Twain House & Museum. Starting at 2:00 p.m., the troupe […]
Read more »T.C. Boyle honored by Twain House at Lincoln Center for ‘American voice’ in literature, receives $25,000 prize
New York, NY – The Mark Twain House & Museum is known for hosting exciting author events on site in Hartford, Connecticut, but on Monday, September 26 some 75 guests were […]
Read more »“Wheresoever She Was, There Was Eden”
Living History Tour Highlight; Fourth of Four The last tour I was lucky enough to experience was led by the great romance of Sam Clemens’s life: his wife and editor, […]
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