Oct 6, 2026 – Apr 10, 2027
Where
Center for Missouri Studies
William Guitar Little Missouri Gallery of Art
605 Elm St.
Columbia, Mo.
Tom Sawyer 150 highlights two of Missouri's most famous and important artists, Mark Twain and Thomas Hart Benton. This exhibition of 21 original Benton drawings illustrating Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer celebrates the 150th anniversary of Twain's American classic.The drawings were created for a special 1939 edition of the novel and showcase Benton's distinctive pen-and-ink interpretation of Twain's beloved characters and scenes.
Tom Sawyer 150 will remain on view through April 10, 2027. It is free and open to the public during the art gallery's regular visiting times.