Downtown Hannibal, the one-block brick street is where most of the historic Mark Twain homes are located.
Tom and Huck Statue
Old Museum (rock house) and Boyhood Home (clapboard).
Window and chimney of Samuel Clemens home.
On a not so rainy day, I could have painted the fence!
Family kitchen
Tom's bedroom! Really it's the boyhood bedroom of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, author Mark Twain.
Aunt Polly's room, Mark Twain's parents room.
Looking out Aunt Polly's bedroom window towards Becky Thatcher's house.
Becky Thatcher's House
Quilt made by the real Becky Thatcher, Laura Hawkins.
Law Office of Samuel Clemens' father, J.M. Clemens
Reconstructed home of Huckleberry Finn.
Fireplace in living quarters of 2 room house.
Kitchen area
Looking out the window of Huck Finn's house, waiting for the downpour to stop! The day we went to Hannibal, the weather was severe with chance of tornadoes to the south, including St. Louis. Luckily the storm passed by us, but not so lucky for people in Alabama where several tornadoes touched down.
Mark Twain Riverboat at Glascock's Landing on the Mississippi.
An Apartment House for purple martins! They've moved in!
Mark Twain Museum
On the ground floor are interactive exhibits of Mark Twain's books including a raft ride of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Here Mark Twain is reading aloud to Huck and Tom in a replica of his library.
On the mezzanine are the years Samuel Clemens was a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River.
Look to the Mississippi, turn the wheel and...
blow the steamboat whistle!
Norman Rockwell Paintings
The second floor houses fifteen original Norman Rockwell paintings that were commissioned as illustrations for a special edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Norman Rockwell's detailed drawings, like the one above, are also on display.
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