mark twain museum

Missouri 6th District U.S. Congressman met with city officials and others in Hannibal Tuesday.

This is the final weekend for downtown Hannibal’s annual Victorian Festival of Christmas.

Historic preservationists from around the Midwest make their way to Hannibal starting Wednesday for the annual Missouri Preservation Conference.

Missouri Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens is kicking off a statewide tour in advance of his upcoming inauguration.

A unique theatrical presentation and a couple of monthly events highlight the goings-on in Hannibal this weekend.

The third annual Trivia Night sponsored by the Mark Twain Museum has been postponed. The fundraiser, which generates revenue for the ongoing renovations to the Becky Thatcher House, had been originally scheduled for October 5.

The Becky Thatcher House, under restoration since 2008, will reopen to the public June 29.

The seventh season of Music Under the Stars, the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum-sponsored free summer concert series, continues on June 13 with Lyal Strickland. Strickland is an acoustic performer from the Springfield, Mo. area. He travels throughout the Midwest playing Americana and folk music.

Samuel Clemens first adopted the pen name “Mark Twain” on Feb. 3, 1863, under a letter written to the “Virginia City Territorial Enterprise”  newspaper. One hundred and fifty years later, “Mark Twain” is the most famous pen name in history. The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum will celebrate the sesquicentennial of the pen name “Mark Twain” with a lecture at 2 p.m. February 2 in the museum gal

Washington D.C., November 15, 2012 -- A ten-year joint effort by historic and research sites dedicated to preserving the legacy of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) paid off yesterday when the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed S. 1929, The Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act...