At Boston University on August 20-22, three staff members of The Mark Twain House & Museum will be giving lectures at the Twain/Tolstoy ...

We asked one of our most frequent Mark Twain House facebook commenters about her enthusiasm for Twain. She wrote us this lovely letter. Th...

Tomorrow's Summer Social and Moustache Party will be just that-- a party. Amongst all of these lectures, musical tributes, family even...

One of our current exhibitions in our Museum Center is Legacy: an examination of how Mark Twain’s presence still lives with us today. After...

Mark Twain is justly known for his many quips, witticisms and pithy observations. Across his novels, short stories, letters, speeches, pla...

Shortly after I arrived at The Mark Twain House & Museum a year ago, I received an inquiry from the Smoking Gun Research Agency (SGRA), ...

On Friday, June 18th at 8 p.m., The Mark Twain House & Museum welcomes international chanteuse and drag comedian Varla Jean Merman for a...

One thing that we at the Mark Twain House love about Hartford is how often our nonprofits collaborate. We have two big free Saturdays coming...

In 2003, as I was researching a biography of Mark Twain’s best friend – a minister, if it can be believed – I got a chance to spend several ...

Back in April the Library of Congress announced that they acquired every tweet ever made , thanks to a gift from Twitter, Inc. And they will...

As we are now in May and my staff has got a full month of school field trips under their belt, it seemed appropriate timing for the Reach Ad...

Hello there, Mark Twain fans! Julia Pistell here, Caitlin's office neighbor and comrade in Twain scholarship. I will be helping out with...

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...