The Mark Twain House & Museum is pleased to announce that novelist David Baldacci and his wife Michelle have made a gift of $1 million to the museum. Baldacci, a member of the museum’s board of trustees since 2012, specified that the restricted gift be used to support expanded programming and strategic initiatives. A portion […]
Read more »Donate a Book to Help David Baldacci’s Feeding Body and Mind Initiative May 16
David Baldacci, author and trustee of The Mark Twain House & Museum, will be collecting new and gently used books at his author talk Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40 and include a copy of Redemption, the latest in the Amos Decker series. Please join the Mark Twain House & Museum in […]
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 and members. A recent graduate of the University of Connecticut, Anna brings a strong technical and donor database experience, coupled with extensive experience as a […]
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 funds will be used to hire a professional conservator to evaluate personal items and furnishings belonging to Samuel Clemens or his family members. They include his […]
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 4-12 the opportunity to express themselves on a theme in essay writing, poetry, and visual art. Prizes are awarded to the top three entries in […]
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 to its intricate woodwork trim, and is having the exterior painted. The Carriage House was designed by architect Edward Tuckerman Potter at the same time […]
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 museum store, and the 38th Annual Friends of the Mark Twain Holiday House tour. Details can be found at marktwainhouse.org/events or by calling 860-247-0998. Museum Store […]
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,” said Pieter Roos, Twain’s Executive Director. “We greatly appreciate Bank of America’s insight into the difference that we make, both to our community in Greater […]
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 soon be put on display in the nursery for the first time in almost twenty years. Critically-needed restoration work was recently completed on the crib […]
Read more »Michael L. Campbell Named New CFO
Michael L. Campbell is the new Chief Financial Officer of The Mark Twain House & Museum. Campbell has worked in the nonprofit world for more than 30 years. He was Director of Finance and Operations at the Connecticut Quality Council for Rensselaer at Hartford, Executive Director of the Hartford Children’s Theatre and SummerWind Performing Arts Center, […]
Read more »2018 Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest Winners Announced
The Mark Twain House & Museum is pleased to announce the winners of its 2018 Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest. The program is open to all ages and awards three prizes each in Adult and Young Author categories. Judges considered 264 entries, from 34 states and 11 countries. Adult Category D.R. Beitzel, a writer and […]
Read more »Mark Twain House to Participate in “Ask A Curator Day” September 12
The curators at The Mark Twain House & Museum will be taking your questions via Facebook Live from 1 to 2 p.m. (1700-1800 UTC), on Wednesday, September 12, as part of the worldwide Ask A Curator day. Beatrice Fox Auerbach Chief Curator Tracy Brindle, and Assistant Curator Mallory Howard, will field questions asked via the Mark […]
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