mark twain boyhood home and museum

Hannibal’s Tom and Becky finalists for 2017 are announced by the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum.

Renovation work is well underway on the Grants Drug Store/Pilaster House on North Main in downtown Hannibal.

The 39th annual Autumn Historic Folklife Festival descends upon downtown Hannibal Saturday and Sunday, October 17 and 18, and the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum will be right in the middle of the action.

A prestigious travel website includes the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum on a national list of places to visit.

The process that ends in the naming of Hannibal's primary goodwill ambassadors has begun.

The Tom and Becky Program is an annual tradition in Hannibal. Started in 1956, it was created by the Hannibal Area Chamber of Commerce as a contest to select an official Tom and an official Becky to greet students visiting Hannibal from St. Louis. The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum has announced that it is assuming sponsorship of the program.

At the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, it's all about "The Becky."

A documentary chronicling the six decades of Hal Holbrook's portrayal of Mark Twain will be previewed Saturday, October 25 at Hannibal-LaGrange University.

Despite the winding down of the summer season, tourists and other Mark Twain enthusiasts continue to flock to the Boyhood Home and Museum.

The Mark Twain Museum will open a special exhibit of original sketches by illustrator Paul Frame, who provided artwork for the 1955 edition of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.'