Exhibitions

HOLDING SPACE: The Historic Homes of Artists and Writers Interpreted by Adrien Broom

The exhibition, HOLDING SPACE, features 56 cinematic photographs that blend historical research, artistic interpretation, and evocative storytelling.

Working with institutions such as The Mark Twain House, the Alice Austen House, the Emily Dickinson House, Gillette Castle, the Edward Gorey House, the Florence Griswold House, the Edward Hopper House, and the Pollock-Krasner Home and Studio, Broom has crafted a body of work that not only captures the spirit of these places but reimagines the creative forces that once inhabited them.

Holding Space: The Historic Homes of Artists and Writers Interpreted by Adrien Broom at The Mark Twain House & Museum is sponsored by The Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation with additional support provide by Webster Bank; the Connecticut State Legislature, administered by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts; and Baboo Fine Art Printing.

Now 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 marks 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. Click on the links below to learn more about each.

• View 150 years of artistic representations of the Mark Twain House here at the Museum
• Learn more about our 150 year Hartford history  by visiting www.TwainsWorld.org
• Download a copy of our Twain In Hartford History Trail map to take you through downtown Hartford and Bushnell Park
• We want to know Your Twain House Story! Use this form to share it with us
• Let us know if you’d like to participate in our It Happened In Your Town: An Education Initiative

The It Happened In Hartford: 150 Years of the Mark Twain House exhibition is proudly sponsored by The Hartford and supported by the Bushnell Conservancy and the City of Hartford Forestry Department.