The Mark Twain House & Museum
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Welcome to The Mark Twain House & Museum, where the great American author lived and worked from 1874 to 1891.
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Hartford, CT
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Hartford, CT
The Mark Twain House & Museum is honored to welcome
@ibramxk.bsky.social, National Book Award–winning historian and author of How to Be an Antiracist, for a special evening on his new book, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age.
@ibramxk.bsky.social, National Book Award–winning historian and author of How to Be an Antiracist, for a special evening on his new book, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age.
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Mark Twain House & Museum is honored to welcome
@ibramxk.bsky.social, National Book Award–winning historian and author of How to Be an Antiracist, for a special evening on his new book, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age.
@ibramxk.bsky.social, National Book Award–winning historian and author of How to Be an Antiracist, for a special evening on his new book, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age.
"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either."
- Following the Equator, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar
#MarkTwain
- Following the Equator, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar
#MarkTwain
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either."
- Following the Equator, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar
#MarkTwain
- Following the Equator, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar
#MarkTwain
"That desire which is in us all to better other people's condition by having them think as we think."
- What is Man
#MarkTwain
- What is Man
#MarkTwain
January 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
"That desire which is in us all to better other people's condition by having them think as we think."
- What is Man
#MarkTwain
- What is Man
#MarkTwain
New Sam’s Shorts is live, and it is a spicy one. 🦅
This month’s excerpt is “The American Gentleman” (1906), where Mark Twain weighs in on Theodore Roosevelt and what “American manners” look like when power is involved.
Tell us what you think:
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#SamsShorts
This month’s excerpt is “The American Gentleman” (1906), where Mark Twain weighs in on Theodore Roosevelt and what “American manners” look like when power is involved.
Tell us what you think:
marktwainhouse.org/sams-shorts/
#SamsShorts
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
New Sam’s Shorts is live, and it is a spicy one. 🦅
This month’s excerpt is “The American Gentleman” (1906), where Mark Twain weighs in on Theodore Roosevelt and what “American manners” look like when power is involved.
Tell us what you think:
marktwainhouse.org/sams-shorts/
#SamsShorts
This month’s excerpt is “The American Gentleman” (1906), where Mark Twain weighs in on Theodore Roosevelt and what “American manners” look like when power is involved.
Tell us what you think:
marktwainhouse.org/sams-shorts/
#SamsShorts
"To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself..."
December 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself..."
"It is my heart-warm and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage...
December 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"It is my heart-warm and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage...
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Mark Twain House & Museum—Twain’s Midwestern books, written in his beautiful and eccentric Hartford home. #LiteraryLandscapes by @jerklamerk.bsky.social. #MarkTwain #Hartford #Connecticut @marktwainhouse.bsky.social
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Mark Twain – Hartford, Connecticut - The New Territory Magazine
Twain’s Midwestern books, written in his beautiful and eccentric Hartford home. Literary Landscapes by Jacques Lamarre.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Mark Twain House & Museum—Twain’s Midwestern books, written in his beautiful and eccentric Hartford home. #LiteraryLandscapes by @jerklamerk.bsky.social. #MarkTwain #Hartford #Connecticut @marktwainhouse.bsky.social
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The house is dressed for the season, and the details are worth slowing down for. 🎅
Step inside #MarkTwain’s Hartford home and let the holidays do what they do best: make history feel close.
Plan your visit and join us for a tour.
www.marktwainhouse.org
Step inside #MarkTwain’s Hartford home and let the holidays do what they do best: make history feel close.
Plan your visit and join us for a tour.
www.marktwainhouse.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The house is dressed for the season, and the details are worth slowing down for. 🎅
Step inside #MarkTwain’s Hartford home and let the holidays do what they do best: make history feel close.
Plan your visit and join us for a tour.
www.marktwainhouse.org
Step inside #MarkTwain’s Hartford home and let the holidays do what they do best: make history feel close.
Plan your visit and join us for a tour.
www.marktwainhouse.org
We have two author conversations lined up for January 2026 at The Mark Twain House, one virtual and one in person.
Register: www.marktwainhouse.org/event/in-the...
#AuthorEvents #BookTalk #MarkTwainHouse #Hartford #Connecticut #NewEngland #LiteraryEvents
Register: www.marktwainhouse.org/event/in-the...
#AuthorEvents #BookTalk #MarkTwainHouse #Hartford #Connecticut #NewEngland #LiteraryEvents
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We have two author conversations lined up for January 2026 at The Mark Twain House, one virtual and one in person.
Register: www.marktwainhouse.org/event/in-the...
#AuthorEvents #BookTalk #MarkTwainHouse #Hartford #Connecticut #NewEngland #LiteraryEvents
Register: www.marktwainhouse.org/event/in-the...
#AuthorEvents #BookTalk #MarkTwainHouse #Hartford #Connecticut #NewEngland #LiteraryEvents
"As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day."
- Speech, 8 March 1902
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainQuotes
- Speech, 8 March 1902
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainQuotes
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day."
- Speech, 8 March 1902
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainQuotes
- Speech, 8 March 1902
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainQuotes
Step into Mark Twain’s Gilded Age home and spend an afternoon writing by the glow of a Victorian Christmas. 🎄✍️
On Sunday, December 14, 2025, poet and master teaching artist Victoria Nordlund will lead a cozy, generative Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop in the Twain Library, decorated for the season.
On Sunday, December 14, 2025, poet and master teaching artist Victoria Nordlund will lead a cozy, generative Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop in the Twain Library, decorated for the season.
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Step into Mark Twain’s Gilded Age home and spend an afternoon writing by the glow of a Victorian Christmas. 🎄✍️
On Sunday, December 14, 2025, poet and master teaching artist Victoria Nordlund will lead a cozy, generative Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop in the Twain Library, decorated for the season.
On Sunday, December 14, 2025, poet and master teaching artist Victoria Nordlund will lead a cozy, generative Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop in the Twain Library, decorated for the season.
🎉 Happy 190th Birthday, Mark Twain! ✒️
Today we celebrate the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens — better known as Mark Twain — born on this day in 1835. His stories, humor, and sharp observations still shape how we think about America, imagination, and ourselves.
Today we celebrate the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens — better known as Mark Twain — born on this day in 1835. His stories, humor, and sharp observations still shape how we think about America, imagination, and ourselves.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🎉 Happy 190th Birthday, Mark Twain! ✒️
Today we celebrate the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens — better known as Mark Twain — born on this day in 1835. His stories, humor, and sharp observations still shape how we think about America, imagination, and ourselves.
Today we celebrate the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens — better known as Mark Twain — born on this day in 1835. His stories, humor, and sharp observations still shape how we think about America, imagination, and ourselves.
December is packed with incredible author events at The Mark Twain House and Museum. Join us as we welcome leading scholars and storytellers who bring history, literature, and the Gilded Age to life.
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
December is packed with incredible author events at The Mark Twain House and Museum. Join us as we welcome leading scholars and storytellers who bring history, literature, and the Gilded Age to life.
“The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another.”
- Mark Twain’s Autobiography
#marktwain #literature #marktwainquotes #compliments #kindness
- Mark Twain’s Autobiography
#marktwain #literature #marktwainquotes #compliments #kindness
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another.”
- Mark Twain’s Autobiography
#marktwain #literature #marktwainquotes #compliments #kindness
- Mark Twain’s Autobiography
#marktwain #literature #marktwainquotes #compliments #kindness
🖋 Grief Poetry Workshop at The Mark Twain House & Museum
Writing can help us heal. Join poet and master teaching artist Victoria Nordlund for a special workshop that uses poetry to explore loss, reflection, and connection in a supportive setting.
Writing can help us heal. Join poet and master teaching artist Victoria Nordlund for a special workshop that uses poetry to explore loss, reflection, and connection in a supportive setting.
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🖋 Grief Poetry Workshop at The Mark Twain House & Museum
Writing can help us heal. Join poet and master teaching artist Victoria Nordlund for a special workshop that uses poetry to explore loss, reflection, and connection in a supportive setting.
Writing can help us heal. Join poet and master teaching artist Victoria Nordlund for a special workshop that uses poetry to explore loss, reflection, and connection in a supportive setting.
🎃 Halloween visit at the Mark Twain House!
We loved welcoming Lily Green and her family visiting from Jamestown Middle School in North Carolina, home to four student “houses,” including one named Twain! We think the “sorting hat” definitely did its job well. 🎩
We loved welcoming Lily Green and her family visiting from Jamestown Middle School in North Carolina, home to four student “houses,” including one named Twain! We think the “sorting hat” definitely did its job well. 🎩
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🎃 Halloween visit at the Mark Twain House!
We loved welcoming Lily Green and her family visiting from Jamestown Middle School in North Carolina, home to four student “houses,” including one named Twain! We think the “sorting hat” definitely did its job well. 🎩
We loved welcoming Lily Green and her family visiting from Jamestown Middle School in North Carolina, home to four student “houses,” including one named Twain! We think the “sorting hat” definitely did its job well. 🎩
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”
- Mark Twain (The Prince and the Pauper)
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainQuotes #Books #Literature
- Mark Twain (The Prince and the Pauper)
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainQuotes #Books #Literature
October 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”
- Mark Twain (The Prince and the Pauper)
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainQuotes #Books #Literature
- Mark Twain (The Prince and the Pauper)
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainQuotes #Books #Literature
We Have a Winner! 🎉🏆
The Mark Twain House & Museum proudly announces Ben Shattuck as the recipient of the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award for his stunning story collection, The History of Sound (Viking). @vikingbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
The Mark Twain House & Museum proudly announces Ben Shattuck as the recipient of the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award for his stunning story collection, The History of Sound (Viking). @vikingbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We Have a Winner! 🎉🏆
The Mark Twain House & Museum proudly announces Ben Shattuck as the recipient of the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award for his stunning story collection, The History of Sound (Viking). @vikingbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
The Mark Twain House & Museum proudly announces Ben Shattuck as the recipient of the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award for his stunning story collection, The History of Sound (Viking). @vikingbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
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Just posted this up at @marktwainhouse.bsky.social and you can read and respond here. It's an excerpt from "What Have The Police Been Doing?" published in San Francisco, in 1866, and it's a Twain piece I've wanted to share in this forum for years. It felt like the right moment.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Just posted this up at @marktwainhouse.bsky.social and you can read and respond here. It's an excerpt from "What Have The Police Been Doing?" published in San Francisco, in 1866, and it's a Twain piece I've wanted to share in this forum for years. It felt like the right moment.
“The devil’s aversion to holy water is a light matter compared with a despot’s dread of a newspaper that laughs.”
- “The American Press,” first printed in Mark Twain: Press Critic, University of California Press, 2003.
- “The American Press,” first printed in Mark Twain: Press Critic, University of California Press, 2003.
September 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“The devil’s aversion to holy water is a light matter compared with a despot’s dread of a newspaper that laughs.”
- “The American Press,” first printed in Mark Twain: Press Critic, University of California Press, 2003.
- “The American Press,” first printed in Mark Twain: Press Critic, University of California Press, 2003.
✨ Free Event This Friday, 9/19! ✨
Join us at The Mark Twain House & Museum, in person or online, for a conversation with John Warner, author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI.
Join us at The Mark Twain House & Museum, in person or online, for a conversation with John Warner, author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI.
September 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
✨ Free Event This Friday, 9/19! ✨
Join us at The Mark Twain House & Museum, in person or online, for a conversation with John Warner, author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI.
Join us at The Mark Twain House & Museum, in person or online, for a conversation with John Warner, author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI.
The Mark Twain House & Museum family just got a little bigger. ❤️
Please join us in welcoming our newest guides! They’ll be leading tours, answering questions, and helping to share Twain’s timeless words with every visitor who walks through our doors.
Please join us in welcoming our newest guides! They’ll be leading tours, answering questions, and helping to share Twain’s timeless words with every visitor who walks through our doors.
September 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Mark Twain House & Museum family just got a little bigger. ❤️
Please join us in welcoming our newest guides! They’ll be leading tours, answering questions, and helping to share Twain’s timeless words with every visitor who walks through our doors.
Please join us in welcoming our newest guides! They’ll be leading tours, answering questions, and helping to share Twain’s timeless words with every visitor who walks through our doors.
"Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied."
- "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar"
Visit the home where Twain's wit still speaks to the world The Mark Twain House & Museum
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainHouse #MarkTwainQuotes #TwainQuotes
- "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar"
Visit the home where Twain's wit still speaks to the world The Mark Twain House & Museum
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainHouse #MarkTwainQuotes #TwainQuotes
August 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied."
- "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar"
Visit the home where Twain's wit still speaks to the world The Mark Twain House & Museum
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainHouse #MarkTwainQuotes #TwainQuotes
- "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar"
Visit the home where Twain's wit still speaks to the world The Mark Twain House & Museum
#MarkTwain #MarkTwainHouse #MarkTwainQuotes #TwainQuotes
They call it "bed rot," these days. He called it Friday.
#BedRot #MarkTwain #MarkTwainHouse #ChillinLikeAVillain
#BedRot #MarkTwain #MarkTwainHouse #ChillinLikeAVillain
August 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
They call it "bed rot," these days. He called it Friday.
#BedRot #MarkTwain #MarkTwainHouse #ChillinLikeAVillain
#BedRot #MarkTwain #MarkTwainHouse #ChillinLikeAVillain