The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The Death of Twain - 100 years

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Last Wednesday, April 21st, was the Centennial of Mark Twain's death. Around the country and in the major Twain sites there were celebra...
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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Tom Sawyer at the Hartford Stage

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Last night a bunch of the staff went to see Tom Sawyer at the Hartford Stage. I heard that it was great from others who had been during prev...
Friday, April 2, 2010

Was Mark Twain America's Most Important Novelist?

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This month's cover story of Knowledge (a BBC magazine) is yours truly - no, not me. Mark Twain. Though I don't see why they shouldn...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

What does Twain's Legacy Mean to YOU?

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Mark Twain's legacy. How does one aptly describe what his legacy is, how it affects society, how it affects us individually? In our new ...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Frank Lloyd Wright = Tom Sawyer

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That's right, I said it. Frank Lloyd Wright and Tom Sawyer are the same person. Don't believe me? I wouldn't have believed me ei...
Friday, January 15, 2010

A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling

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This is a really great little piece of writing by Twain that I want to share with you. A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling by Mar...
Friday, January 8, 2010

Mark Twain's Marginalia

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Mark Twain had an extensive library. As an avid reader he collected books of all shapes and sizes, subjects and specialties. He would spend ...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Christmas with the Clemens Family

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Christmas at the Mark Twain House is one of my favorite times of the year. The house is transformed into something even more beautiful and e...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

The Spirit of the Season!

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I stumbled upon this great website today. It's called Redefine Christmas , and is based out of Westport, CT and it aimed at getting peop...
Monday, November 23, 2009

Ghost Hunters Premiere and Contests!

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So by now everyone knows that Ghost Hunters visited The Mark Twain House back in September. Everyone's been asking us when the show woul...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Ghostly experiences at The Mark Twain House

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Our Graveyard Shift Friday night ghost tours have been so popular that we sold out the month of October within a couple of weeks. We've ...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Tapping into Twain - Oktoberfest 2009!

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Our 2nd annual Oktoberfest is coming up next week! Last year's event sold out at 302 tickets and we are determined to make this year big...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Would Mark Twain have tried to sell his family on Craigslist?

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For the past few weeks The Mark Twain House staff has been busy putting together the final touches on our upcoming What Would Twain Tweet (W...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

We've Gone Green

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When The Mark Twain House & Museum Visitor's Center opened in November of 2003, it became the first museum in the nation with a LE...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Come play at the Mark Twain House!

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...AND meet Mr. Twain himself! In Lego form that is. If you've visited The Mark Twain House & Museum since April you may have seen a...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Recent celebrity deaths and Twain

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Recently, it has been hard to avoid the media coverage of celebrity deaths. Famous figures including Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, an...
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Monday, July 13, 2009

Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla!

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Happy Birthday Mr. Tesla! (July 10, 1856) Nikola Tesla is regarded as one of the world's most re nowned thinkers and inventors when it c...
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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Happy 4th of July!

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If you've ever wondered what Mark Twain thought of the 4th of July and patriotism... brace yourself. An article in the Cleveland Examine...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Welcome to the family!

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As of this week, The Mark Twain House & Museum welcomes an icebox into the collections family! The icebox, circa 1890, has gone through...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

A note on Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass

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Never heard of him? You sure? I think you have. T.J. Snodgrass, an early Mark Twain. Clemens used many different pen names in his early care...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Mark Twain on Islam and Christianity

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Last October, The Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y., got an unexpected gift: A copy of William C. Prime’s Ten...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Did You Know?

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When Mark Twain was a young man he traveled all across the United States. When he was in his mid-thirties he traveled to the West and witnes...
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Sunday, May 17, 2009

A Wine Tasting

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The Mark Twain House & Museum cordially invites all of you to a glamorous evening of wine tasting, food sampling and music at 351 Farmin...
Saturday, May 2, 2009

Mark Twain in Popular Culture

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There's been talk amongst some Mark Twain House staff lately about different shows and movies that Mark Twain appears in, so I thought I...
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Friday, April 10, 2009

12th Annual Young Writers Competition Awards Ceremony

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After 11 years at the Litchfield Inn, the Young Writers Competition Awards Ceremony has moved to The Mark Twain House & Museum! This co...
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We are located in Hartford, Connecticut, and celebrate the life of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain). The home where he spent 17 years with his wife and daughters has been preserved as a testimony to his life and times.
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