Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum

Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum Experience the PLACE that inspired the stories! The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum campus maintains the places where Sam Clemens explored, lived and dreamed.
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He would turn those memories into some of America's greatest literature. 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 Mar

k 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.

Mr. Beat recently visited Hannibal and the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum in a quest to learn more about Samuel Lang...
08/12/2026

Mr. Beat recently visited Hannibal and the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum in a quest to learn more about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, PKA Mark Twain. We would like to thank Mr. Beat for visiting us and featuring our beautiful town and campus in his video. If you want to learn more about what Twain said or didn't say, come Visit Hannibal MO and the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. You can also save https://www.twainquotes.com/ as your trusted source for quotes Mark Twain actually said.
https://youtu.be/JwNKLvIwZWk?si=hSxQn28DZ1aowgIj

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Thank you KHQA for spreading the news! We Catch this great show on Sundays!
08/11/2026

Thank you KHQA for spreading the news! We Catch this great show on Sundays!

The Mark Twain Museum is putting on live performances in the style of radio theaters from the 1930's.

The Mark Twain Home Foundation would like to thank the Main Street Social House for their support of our upcoming Spirit...
08/10/2026

The Mark Twain Home Foundation would like to thank the Main Street Social House for their support of our upcoming Spirits and Sarcasm Bourbon Tasting Event. The 2026 Spirits and Sarcasm event will be hosted at the Main Street Social House on the evening of Friday, December 4th. Bringing this amazing event back to Downtown Hannibal across Main Street from our historic campus is an amazing feeling and we are grateful to Main Street Social House for helping to make that happen. There will be more information about our Spirits and Sarcasm Bourbon Tasting Event coming soon, including ways you can attend and support the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum.

This time last week our Director was in Elmira New York for the quadrennial Twain conference. Enjoy some pics of Sam’s s...
08/07/2026

This time last week our Director was in Elmira New York for the quadrennial Twain conference. Enjoy some pics of Sam’s study and his final resting place alongside Livy. ♥️ It’s amazing the little gifts people bring to leave there.

Read about the many great activities happening at the museum!
07/31/2026

Read about the many great activities happening at the museum!

Email from Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum Join us for music, movies, art, and a lot of fun         Summer's End at Twain's Boyhood Home The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum invites you to cap off su

Have you visited the new Historic Downtown Hannibal website yet? It is IMPRESSIVE and shows off the amazing events, shop...
07/29/2026

Have you visited the new Historic Downtown Hannibal website yet? It is IMPRESSIVE and shows off the amazing events, shops, restaurants, services, and attractions in Downtown Hannibal. Congratulations to the Historic Hannibal Marketing Council on a fantastic new website. This is truly a valuable tool to the community and shines with Hannibal Pride! Be sure to visit https://www.historichannibalmo.com/

It's  ! ...wait for the zinger at the end, and share if you've had a rough day/week/month!
07/25/2026

It's ! ...wait for the zinger at the end, and share if you've had a rough day/week/month!

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415 North Main Street
Hannibal, MO
63401

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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+15732219010

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