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Search for: Skip to content Teachers & Students Facility Rentals Collections & Research Cart (0) About Our History Mark Twain The House The Museum Nook Cafe Board of Trustees Strategic Plan Staff Directory Newsletters & Blog Careers Contact News Support Donate Become a Member Volunteer Annual Gala Friends of The Mark Twain House & Museum Corporate Support Restricted Support $100.000 Baldacci Challenge Visit Buy Tour Tickets Hours & Admission Directions & Parking Guide to Visiting Accessibility Group Visits Library Memberships In the Hartford Area Programs & Events Calendar of Events For Adults For Kids & Families Writing Programs Community Outreach Exhibitions Shop A house with a heart and a soul About The House Wednesday, March 4, 7 p.m. A Little Harmless Fun: Film Expert Jeanine Basinger Jeanine Basinger , founder and curator of the Wesleyan Cinema Archives, chair of the Film Studies department at Wesleyan University, and author of many books about the cinema, will chat with arts writer Frank Rizzo about her new book, The Movie Musical! and the “Wesleyan Film Mafia” in Hollywood – whose members include her former students Michael Bay, Joss Whedon, and others — and her experiences in bringing the papers of such luminaries as Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Frank Capra, Elia Kazan, Ingrid Bergman, Jonathan Demme, and John Waters to the Wesleyan Cinema Archive. A book sale and signing will follow the talk. More Information Wednesday, February 26, 5:30 p.m. West End Wednesdays: Ethan Rutherford Learn More Saturday, May 16, 6 p.m. Unforgettable Party at Philip Cheney Mansion More Information Virtual Tour See for Yourself Mark Twain is one of our nation's defining cultural figures. The Mark Twain House & Museum has restored the author’s Hartford, Connecticut, home, where the author and his family lived from 1874 to 1891. Twain wrote his most important works during the years he lived there, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court . In addition to providing tours of Twain’s restored home, a National Historic Landmark, the institution offers activities and educational programs that illuminate Twain’s literary legacy and provide information about his life and times. Visit The Mark Twain House Twain Quotes "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." "Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits." "The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds." The House The Word Never Had So Much Meaning Before About The House The Museum Learn More About Twain's Life About the Museum Mark Twain A Life Lived in a Changing World About Mark Twain Support You Can Help Preserve the Legacy Shop Bring Twain Home The Best Gift Shop in Town Donate Now to The Mark Twain House & Museum Press F5 for updates. The museum opens at 10:30 a.m. and the last tour of the day begins at 4:15 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, CT 06105 860-247-0998 © 2020 The Mark Twain House & Museum Design by Julia Balfour, LLC I'm a Visitor Hours & Admission Guide to Visiting Directions & Parking I'm a Teacher Field Trips Teacher Workshops Educational Resources I'm a Writer Classes & Workshops Royal Nonesuch Contest Writers Weekend...