Press Room Photo Gallery

For a special event, members of the Hartford Children's Theatre portrayed Mark Twain's daughters and their friends.

The Mark Twain Museum Center. Credit: John Groo for The Mark Twain House & Museum

Mark Twain in 1907. Credit: The Mark Twain House & Museum

The Mark Twain House -- The Billiard Room. Credit: John Groo for The Mark Twain House & Museum

The Mark Twain House -- The Clemens family on the porch, 1885. Credit: The Mark Twain House & Museum

The Mark Twain House in Hartford, Conn., visited by 60,000 people yearly. Credit: John Groo for The Mark Twain House & Museum

The Mark Twain House -- The Dining Room. Credit: John Groo for The Mark Twain House & Museum

The Mark Twain House -- The Conservatory. Credit: John Groo for The Mark Twain House & Museum

Murasaki Cafe at the Mark Twain House offers American and Japanese fare, including the Nageyaki noodles shown and a Mark Twain Burger. Open Mon-Sat, 11 to 4; closed Tuesdays January-March.

Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours remain a popular feature at The Mark Twain House & Museum!

Huck Finn and the slave Jim, iconic images of the American racial story. 'A Sound Heart & a Deformed Conscience,' our exhibit on Mark Twain and African Americans, runs through Sept. 3.

A sign of America's past -- and present? 'Hateful Things,' an exhibit of racist objects highlighting a terrible national failing, opens March 29.

An item from the exhibit of racist imagery, 'Hateful Things,' which opens March 29.

The Trouble Begins at 5:30: Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar on racist imagery, May 16

DJ SPOOKY speaks, screens 'Rebirth of a Nation' on May 17

Joel Stein of Time magazine speaks in a Pen Warmed Up in Hell lecture, May 24

The Trouble Begins at 5:30: W. T. Lhamon speaks on "The Minstrel Show" on May 25

Clive Cussler at The Mark Twain House & Museum, June 14

Judy Blume at the Lincoln Theater, June 21

Joan Didion at Hartford Stage, June 28