Dickens’ House Museum

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Address:: Dickens’ House Museum, 48 Doughty Street,
London WC1N 2LX
England
Website:: www.dickensmuseum.com
Opening times:: 10 AM to 5 PM (Mon–Sat), 11 AM to 5 PM (Sun)
Cost:: Adults £7.00; Note: Opening times & prices are subject to change, and may not apply on public holidays. Always reconfirm with the venue before making plans.
Telephone:: Work +44 (0) 207 405 2127
Buses:: 8 17 19 25 38 45 46 55 63 98 243 253 341 521
Trains:: Chancery Lane CNT, Holborn CNT PCL, Russell Square PCL Note: The nearest train station to Dickens’ House Museum is Russell Square. We can help you find the best route from any other train station:
Train journey to Dickens’ House Museum

Entrance to the Dickens’ House Museum in London

^{Dickens’ House Museum} Living room, at the Dickens’ House Museum

^{Charles Dickens’ living room} Contemporary armchair, in the Dickens’ House Museum

^{Charles Dickens’ armchair}

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Please note: The Dickens’ House Museum is closed for refurbishment until December 2012

Charles Dickens lived at 15 different addresses during his lifetime, all of which have now been demolished – except one. The four-storey house that stands in Doughty Street was his home between March 1837 and October 1839.

The museum has been lovingly restored to resemble how it would have looked in the Victorian era, and contains fine 19th-century paintings, various pieces of Charles Dickens memorabilia, and a few of his original manuscripts.

The focal point of the museum is the study, where he completed his first three novels: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby.

There is also a Regency-style drawing room, and washroom slop house and cellar. The basement kitchen has been renovated to resemble the Dingley Dell kitchen of Pickwick Papers.

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