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Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 9 attractions in Hannibal
Traveler Description: Mark Twain's boyhood home and the inspirational setting for Huckleberry Finn.
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Attraction type: Historic home
Address: 208 Hill Street Hannibal, MO 63401
Tel: 573-221-9010
Fax: 573-221-7975

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5 of 5 stars
TexasInkling 4 contributions
Georgetown, Texas
Sep 2, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

The boyhood home and museum featured a lot of interesting information about Mark Twain. The museum is large enough to be interesting but not so big as to be overwhelming, which is important if you have young children. Our children (6 & 8) were intrigued by many of the exhibits, including a life-size raft which simulated the flow of the... more

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5 of 5 stars
TravelGirlNe 20 contributions
Nebraska
Oct 3, 2007
4/4 found this review helpful

Fans of Mark Twain will really get a kick out of Mark Twain Museum--great displays bringing his major works to life in full size recreations of woodcut illustrations. Also has lots of memoribilia from his life and his career, as well as art gallery with Norman Rockwell illustrations of Twain's books. The boyhood home is interesting, as well as some... more

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4 of 5 stars
debbiefrmn 8 contributions
Decatur, IL
Jul 21, 2007
4/4 found this review helpful

We showed up in Hannibal on a Sunday afternoon after a volleyball tournament in Quincy, IL. My 15 yr. old daughter was tired and crabby from playing and her 13 yr. old brother not much better. My husband and I coerced them into going to downtown Hannibal and my daughter was actually the one to pick out the Mark Twain... more

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5 of 5 stars
poor_orion 2 contributions
Missouri
Jun 15, 2006
4/4 found this review helpful

The museum was awesome! Definitely top notch. I'm a museum junkie and I loved all of the information about Twain. It wasn't one of those 'oh look at how charming and wonderful his life was' type of places - you found out Clemens had a hard life as a boy, and you got to read about his real life and... more

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3 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Aug 7, 2005
4/6 found this review helpful

Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum was worth going to see. The attractions were all based on his quotes. I thought more history and facts from Mark Twains life would be included. The buildings set up in next to each other were very handy to tour. It was located in downtown Hannibal The town of Hannibal though, outside of the... more

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5 of 5 stars
kathy 25 contributions
McPherson, Kansas
Jul 6, 2005
3/3 found this review helpful

The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum is a worthwhile stop in Hannibal. It will remind you of the Mark Twain maxims and quotes you learned at school. We found many insights into the writings of Twain, by learning a bit of his background and his times. About a mile from town is the Mark Twain Cave, which served as... more

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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
St. Louis
Jun 22, 2005
9/9 found this review helpful

I was amazed at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. The admission people said they had opened all new exhibits in April (I went in May.) The Interpretive Center was great; it actually used quotes from Twain to tell his own story, unlike so many museums that have boring text panels covered with information written by who knows who.... more

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Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum Address

208 Hill Street, Hannibal, MO 63401
Tel: 573-221-9010 Fax: 573-221-7975