Huckleberry Finn and Becky Thatcher, characters featured in Samuel Clemen's classic adventure stories, were based on Samuel Clemen's boyhood friends. Both Tom Blankenship’s (Huck) and Laura Hawkin’s ( Becky) family homes have been restored and are part of the self guided tour which includes the interpretive center, the Twain house, the Mark Twain Museum Gallery, and the exteriors of his father’s office and the Grant’s drug store. Live performances are held at the Museum Gallery several days a week.
Most of the site is accessible but the Mark Twain house, pictured above, is not due to steps and narrow passageways. The interpretive center, Huck’s house and Becky’s house all have ramps at the entrances and are accessible inside. The office and the drug store have displays that can be seen by looking in the windows but they’re hard to view from a wheelchair. The Museum Gallery has a slightly sloped entryway and heavy doors making entering awkward. The interior is accessible with an elevator to the upper floors and movable chairs in the room where the performances are held. The brick street by the Twain house is a little rough and uneven.
The parking lot across the street from the interpretive center is large enough for any RV. Museum
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We are storing our rig in St Louis for the winter and Missouri is on our list for next year including this place-thanks
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