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Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum

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Come see where the stories started!

Visit the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum and learn how a small boy from Hannibal became America's most beloved author! Experience interactive exhibits, live performances, original Norman Rockwell paintings, treasured Clemens family artifacts, Twain memorabilia and historic properties! The Mark Twain Boyhood Home is a National Historic Landmark. Don't sneak away from Hannibal until you've visited.

The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum is a non-profit foundation that preserves Mark Twain's legacy in Hannibal, Missouri by preserving his boyhood home and 7 related properties along with thousands of museum artifacts.

The Museum complex includes the Boyhood Home, Interpretive Center, Huck Finn House, WPA Stone Building/Gift Shop, Becky Thatcher House (under renovation), John M. Clemens Justice of the Peace Building, Grant's Drug Store, the Tom & Huck statue, and the Museum Gallery. Artifacts include numerous items that once belonged to Mark Twain including a white suit coat, his Oxford gown, a jewelry box he had hand-carved in Italy for Olivia, photos, first editions, letters, etc. The Museum also houses 15 original Norman Rockwell paintings of Tom and Huck.

The mission of the Mark Twain Home Foundation is to promote awareness and appreciation of the life and works of Mark Twain and to demonstrate the relevance of his stories and ideas to citizens of the world.



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Hours of Operation:
 OpenClosed
Mon9:00 AM5:00 PM
Tue9:00 AM5:00 PM
Wed9:00 AM5:00 PM
Thr9:00 AM5:00 PM
Fri9:00 AM5:00 PM
Sat9:00 AM5:00 PM
Sun9:00 AM5:00 PM
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