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Interpretive Center

415 North Main St  |  Hannibal, MO 63401

Begin your museum tour in our newly redesigned Interpretive Center. Follow young Sam Clemens on his rambles through Hannibal. Meet his family and friends and get to know the town during the time young Sam lived there. Continue the experience as you learn about Sam’s first outing as a writer. Then see which of the town’s people, places and events he later transformed into stories. Enjoy stories from Twain’s past and his imagination as you tour the exhibits.

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Mark Twain Museum & Gallery

120 North Main Street  |  Hannibal, MO 63401

This building dates back to the 1850s and was formerly Sonnenberg’s Department Store through 1959. It was acquired by the Mark Twain Home Foundation and has been in use since 1995.

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Mark Twain's Boyhood Home & Garden

208 Hill Street  |  Hannibal, MO 63401

This small frame house was occupied by the John Marshall Clemens family from 1844 to 1853. Sam grew up here and used many incidents from his real life as patterns for Tom Sawyer and other of his characters.

The home was opened to the public in 1912 and has been open continually since, making it one of the earlier historic house preservations in the country.

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Boyhood Home Gift Shop

206 Hill Street  |  Hannibal, MO 63401

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Huckleberry Finn House

215 Hill Street  |  Hannibal, MO 63401

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Becky Thatcher House

211 Hill Street  |  Hannibal, MO 63401

The home of the Elijah Hawkins family. Laura Hawkins was three years younger than Sam Clemens and was immortalized in Tom Sawyer as Becky Thatcher. Childhood friends, they stayed in touch through the years. Mark Twain enjoyed seeing Laura on his last visit to Hannibal in 1902.

Laura Hawkins married Dr. James Frazer and moved to the Renssalear, MO area, west of Hannibal. After Dr. Frazer’s death, she moved back into town and became the matron for the Home for the Friendless orphanage in Hannibal. The building has undergone restoration. Temporary exhibits await you as permanent exhibits are being planned and installed.

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Judge Clemens Justice of the Peace Office

205 Hill Street  |  Hannibal, MO 63401

John Clemens began to practice law while the family lived in Florida, Missouri. After moving to Hannibal, he used this building as his justice of the peace office. It was originally located on Bird Street and closer to the river.

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Grant's Drugstore

325 North Main Street  |  Hannibal, MO 63401

This structure is said to have been prefabricated in Cincinnati, Ohio, and shipped by steamboat. It arrived in Hannibal 1836 and was erected by James Brady, later the first mayor of Hannibal. It was once the home of the Grant and Clemens Families. Now houses exhibits on the family and Medicine in the time.

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Tom & Huck Statue

North Main Street  |  Hannibal, MO 63401

A statue of Tom and Huck greets visitors as they being their ascent of Cardiff Hill.

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