Mark Twain House & Museum

This home on Farmington Avenue is where Mark Twain lived from 1874 until he moved to Europe (due to bankruptcy) in 1891. It is also the place where Twain wrote some of his most famous works, such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The estate is in constant renovation and the curating team is always looking to restore...

Tour Times: Guided tours run each half hour starting at 9:30am, and last about 50 minutes each.

Guided tours run each half hour starting at 9:30am, and last about 50 minutes each.

Built in 1874, this building was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, until 1891. While he and his family lived in this 25-room Victorian mansion, Twain published seven major novels, including Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and The Prince and the Pauper. The home is one of only two Louis Comfort Tiffany–designed domestic interiors open to the public. A contemporary...

Samuel Clemens, whose pseudonym, Mark Twain, was a term used by Mississippi River pilots to indicate a water depth of 2 fathoms, lived here from 1874 to 1891, a period when he wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The 19-room house is a fascinating example of the late-19th-century style sometimes known as "Picturesque Gothic," with several...

History
Mark Twain lived in this 19-room Gilded Age mansion for 17 years, from 1874 to 1891. Twain wrote his major works here, including ""The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"" and ""The...

The home of Farmington Avenue in Hartford is where Mark Twain lived from 1874 until he moved to Europe (due to bankruptcy) in 1891. This is where Twain wrote some of his most famous works, such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court . There have been numerous recent efforts to completely renovate the estate along with the...