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Charles Dickens Museum
About Charles Dickens Museum
One of many homes occupied by Charles Dickens, this is now a fully restored museum devoted to his life.
Rooms are laid out as if the Dickens family are still living there and have just stepped out for a moment.
A recent extension into the neighbouring building allowed for a lot of heritage to also be put on display without spoiling the history of the original home.
Address
Charles Dickens Museum,
48 Doughty Street,
London,
WC1N 2LX
Ticket prices
Adult: £12.50
Concessions (Students, 60+ and Disabled Visitors): £10.50
The exhibitions explore one of the great - and most entertaining - literary friendships, tracing the shared work, travels, confidences and, above all, the bond of friendship between two men whose books remain loved the world over.
The museum is a short walk from a number of tube stations, the two easiest to use being Russell Square (Piccadilly line) or Chancery Lane (Central line). Farringdon is also close, but it's less convenient to walk to the museum from.
Is the Charles Dickens Museum free to visit?
No, they charge admission to the museum, which covers both the house his family lived in and the exhibitions in the next door house.
How long does a visit to the Charles Dickens Museum last?
It can vary from an hour to a couple of hours depending on how in depth you look around.
Is there a cafe in the Charles Dickens Museum?
Yes, in the back of the museum on the ground floor.
Is the Charles Dickens Museum accessible?
Yes, although it's old building so there are limitations, there is a lift to all floors now.
What's the nearest railway station to Charles Dickens Museum
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Charles Dickens was once so annoyed by planned delays to his post, that he threatened to move house to a better area, newly published letters have revealed.
A new exhibition opening in time for Halloween looks at Charles Dickens’s interest in the supernatural and his desire to spend a night in a haunted house so scary he wouldn’t be able to sleep.
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An exhibition at the Dickens Museum has opened about Charles Dicken’s second novel as a full-time writer, which was also probably his second most famous novel, after a Christmas Carol.
Charles Dickens family home, now a museum, has confirmed that it will be reopening on 19th May, and its Technicolour Dickens exhibition has been extended for an extra month.
Christmas seems somewhat synonymous with Charles Dickens, and the Charles Dickens Museum is hosting a series of appropriate talks over the next few weeks.
One of the curiosities about Charles Dickens is how familiar we are with the image of the elderly bearded classically Victorian man we are. No other author of the time is as instantly recognisable.
The museum inside Charles Dickens London home is reopening after its virus lockdown, with a new exhibition that will include eight newly colourised portraits.
Twenty-five previously unseen letters written by Charles Dickens have been donated to his museum by an American collector, as part of a huge donation of over 300 items.
1843 was an important year in the history of Christmas, and a new exhibition at the Charles Dickens Museum is bringing them together for the first time.
A “lost” portrait of Charles Dickens, recently re-discovered after 174 years, will go on public display for one week this April in the Charles Dickens Museum.
