Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum Online Tour
Take an online tour of our historic properties and museums located in the heart of Hannibal, MO.
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Interpretive CenterInterpretive 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 GalleryMark 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 Boyhood HomeMark 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.
History of Mark Twain Boyhood Home
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Boyhood Home Gift ShopBoyhood Home Gift Shop
206 Hill Street | Hannibal, MO 63401
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Huck Finn HouseHuckleberry Finn House
215 Hill Street | Hannibal, MO 63401
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Becky Thatcher HouseBecky 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.
History of Becky Thatcher House
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Judge Clemens Justice of the Peace OfficerJudge 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 Drug StoreGrant'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 StatueTom & 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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“What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth."
- Mark Twain's Speeches