Charles Dickens Museum , London,
The Charles Dickens Museum occupies a Georgian terraced house which was Charles Dickens' home from March 1837 to December 1839. He and his wife Catherine lived here.
Dickens had a three year lease (at £80 a year) on the property and remained there until 1839 after which he moved on to grander homes. This is the only surviving house that he lived in London.
Spread over four floors, the Charles Dickens Museum holds the world's most important collection of paintings, rare editions, manuscripts, original furniture and other items relating to the life and work of Dickens.
The museum contains the portrait of Dickens known as Dickens' Dream by R.W. Buss, an original illustrator of The Pickwick Papers. This unfinished portrait shows Dickens in his study at Gads Hill Place surrounded by many of the characters he had created.
In the two years Dickens lived in this house he completed The Pickwick Papers (1836), wrote the whole of Oliver Twist (1838) and Nicholas Nickleby (1838–39) and worked on Barnaby Rudge (1840–41).
The house was threatened with demolition in 1923, but was saved by the Dickens Fellowship, founded in 1902, who raised the mortgage and bought the free hold of the property. The house was renovated and the Dickens House Museum was opened in 1925.
Opening Times
Monday - Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday 10:00 - 17:00
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Ticket Prices
Adults £7
Concession £5
Children £3
Under 10 Free
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