The House Museum of Mark Twain

The House-Museum of Mark Twain in Hartford(USA)

An important cultural landmarkin the city of Hartford, which is the capital of Connecticut, considered the house-museum of the famous writer Mark Twain. The family lived in the house of the writer until 1903, after the death of Mark Twain's daughter decided to move to another location.

In the same room of the old house has a private school first, and then an apartment house. And still later a group of local enthusiasts who realize the cultural value of the building, decided to keep the house for future generations.

In 1929, Mark Twain Memorial Society in collaboration with the Library Commission of the State of Connecticut bought the old house, and later held a three-dimensional restoration. With the help of local residents, the new owners of the building as accurately restored interior of the house of the famous writer. There is even a bicycle Twain, not so modern, certainly as an online store VeloPrestizh .

For quite some time it was collected a large number of personal belongings of Mark Twain, archival materials, and furniture, which was at the time in the house of the famous writer. This allowed in 1981 to officially open the house-museum of Mark Twain.

It should be noted that the museum exhibition, with more than ten thousand exhibits, updated with new specimens and now. Visitors can see the walls of this cultural institution lot of interesting things, among them the three-ton machine with the name «Paige typesetter», which in due time bankrupt companies twain.

In the museum you can see the pool table, behind which liked to play in their spare time, a great writer, as well as a large collection of glassware produced by «Tiffany». No less attracted the interest of visitors and the beautiful wooden bed, located in the bedroom of the writer.

But, of course, the most fascinating part of the museum is the library of Mark Twain, where you can see his manuscripts, personal photographs and rare books that belonged to the writer. There is a tradition that the walls of these amazing places are common for business meetings businessmen and representatives of various non-profit organizations.