The Mark Twain House & Museum welcomes back Matt Seybold to the Trouble Begins virtual stage for a lecture and discuss about Percival Everett’s new book James. The VIRTUAL lecture begins at 7 PM. This event will be held on Zoom Webinar. REGISTER HERE! This is a FREE event sponsored by Kathleen and David Jimenez. […]
The Mark Twain House & Museum welcomes Jason Silverman to the Trouble Begins virtual stage for his lecture: The Twain of Our Republic and the Lincoln of Our Literature: The Historical Connections Between Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain This FREE virtual lecture begins at 7 PM. REGISTER HERE! A recording will be available after the program. […]
In this generative poetry session guided by poet and master teaching artist Victoria Nordlund, participants will create poetry as they write in the library of the Mark Twain House on the longest, brightest day of the year. Welcoming writers of all levels, the workshop promises an enjoyable exploration of Ekphrasis poetry, weaving words and imagery […]
Experience the eerie allure of the Clemens Family home after dark with our Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours. Delve into the chilling depths of haunted history, Victorian seances, and firsthand encounters with the supernatural. Join us for a spine-tingling journey where you'll hear tales of paranormal investigations, unexplained phenomena witnessed by both staff and guests, […]
On the fourth Sunday of every June, Connecticut’s Historic Gardens celebrate Open Gardens Day! There are sixteen historic gardens around the state of Connecticut that have special events and activities on this day for visitors between 12-4pm. The Mark Twain House is a proud member of this group, along with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center […]
The New Yorker cartoonist and author Bob Eckstein joins us to discuss his new book, Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums. A beautiful, smart, entertaining new art book that is a love letter to museums—including The Mark Twain House & Museum—and museum-goers—like you! It is filled with lush and whimsical illustrations paired with stories and anecdotes from curators, […]
Although most credit Wilbur and Orville Wright with America’s first powered flight, two months before the brothers lifted off the sands of Kitty Hawk, a French immigrant named August Greth flew an airship of his own design across the skies of San Francisco. L.A. Birdmen is the fascinating and forgotten story of America’s first […]
Description of Event: For all of Robert Louis Stevenson’s achievements in fiction, many of his contemporaries thought of him primarily as an essayist. His essays, known for their intellectual substance, emotional force, and stylistic vitality, were widely considered the best of their time. Despite the importance of Stevenson’s nonfiction, his personal essays—seventy in total—have […]
Who killed that varmint Pap Finn? Was it Tom Sawyer in the Library with the Wrench? The Prince (or was it the Pauper) in the Bedroom? We need YOU to solve this mystery! Inspired by the classic murder-mystery board game, the GET A CLUE Tours use the various rooms of the Twain House (secret passageway, […]
This book by John Vasquez Mejias showcases an important and often overlooked moment in American history. Told as a fable, in which the leaders of the Puerto Rican independence movement are visited by the ghosts of Michael Collins and Gandhi, The Puerto Rican War tells the story of the 1950 insurrection on the island that […]
Who killed that varmint Pap Finn? Was it Tom Sawyer in the Library with the Wrench? The Prince (or was it the Pauper) in the Bedroom? We need YOU to solve this mystery! Inspired by the classic murder-mystery board game, the GET A CLUE Tours use the various rooms of the Twain House (secret passageway, […]
Experience the eerie allure of the Clemens Family home after dark with our Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours. Delve into the chilling depths of haunted history, Victorian seances, and firsthand encounters with the supernatural. Join us for a spine-tingling journey where you'll hear tales of paranormal investigations, unexplained phenomena witnessed by both staff and guests, […]
