Mark Twain Museum Announces Hannibal-LaGrange College Day
Last Updated on Wednesday, 02 March 2011 17:22 Tuesday, 20 July 2010 17:03
The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, in conjunction
with Hannibal-LaGrange College New Student Orientation Week, has announced “HLG
Day” on Saturday, August 28th. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. all HLG
students, staff and faculty will be admitted to the Museum free of charge.
“The Museum is pleased to welcome the new freshmen in the
hope that it will be a place they visit frequently,” says Ryan Murray, Mark
Twain Museum Marketing & Community Relations Manager. “We provide monthly
programs covering all sorts of topics, and we hope to welcome new participants
from Hannibal-LaGrange College.”
During this time new students will be participating in a
scavenger hunt in order to familiarize themselves with the downtown area.
"The Mark Twain Museum is such a valuable asset to
the Hannibal community,” says Hannibal-LaGrange College Director of Student
Activities, Margaret Street. “I am thrilled (for a second year in a row), to
share it will the incoming HLG class of 2014."
In addition to freshmen, all HLG faculty, staff and
current students are welcome. The Museum consists of 8 properties including:
The Interpretive Center, Mark Twain Boyhood Home, Boyhood Home Gift Shop,
Huckleberry Finn House, Becky Thatcher House (undergoing restoration), J.M.
Clemens Justice of the Peace Office, Grant’s Drug Store and the Mark Twain
Museum Gallery. The Museum is always free to Hannibal residents.
To be admitted to the Museum, one must simply provide a
student/staff/faculty identification card. For more information please visit http://marktwainmuseum.org or call
573.221.9010 ext. 404.
