Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site

Mark Twain State Park and Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site will be closed Nov. 8-11, 2024, due to a managed deer hunt at the facility. Only registered hunters and staff or volunteers working the event will be allowed on the property. Camping will be unavailable Nov. 7-11.

Nothing says “Missouri literature” like Mark Twain. And nothing says “Mark Twain was here” like the state historic site that bears his name. Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site has the two-room rented cabin Samuel Clemens – Twain’s real name – was born in, first editions of many of the author’s works, a handwritten manuscript of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and many of the furnishings from Twain’s Connecticut home.