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Recognised by Trip Advisor with a Certificate of Excellence for the 5th year...
Honoured to receive a Certificate of Excellence for the 5th year running thanks to all your wonderful reviews and positive feedback and to be officially inducted into the Trip Advisor Hall of Fame!...
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Lost Portrait of Charles Dickens finds its way home
Today, the Charles Dickens Museum is delighted to announce that, following a successful fundraising campaign, it has acquired and secured the future of the ‘lost portrait’ of Dickens. Recently...
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Literary Tube Map
If you missed it, we recommend you check out this fantastic creation by In The Book. A literary tube map which replaces stations with fantastic pieces of literature set there. With classic London...
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Acquisition of Major Private Collection of Rare and Original Dickens Material...
On what would have been Dickens's 208th birthday we are delighted to announce the acquisition of over 300 items from the most substantial private collection of Dickens material in the world. The items...
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Colour in your own Historic Greeting Cards
Our special exhibition Beautiful Books: Dickens and the Business of Christmas looked at the advent and increasing popularity of greeting cards in the latter half of the 1800s. New printing technology...
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Appeal for Support
If you can please considering donating We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us… We must live misfortune down. Like everybody else, we were stopped in our tracks in March...
View ArticleSupport the Charles Dickens Museum: Simon Callow
Find out what the museum means to acclaimed actor, writer, director, museum patron, friend and keen Dickensian Simon Callow and find out how you can help.Donate via...
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New Colourised Dickens Image Released Ahead of 150th Death Anniversary
"…a genius can always wear whatever he chooses" We are very excited to be releasing the first of a new collection of colourised photographs of the great author, ahead of the 150th anniversary of his...
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Dickens's Life and Legacy Commemorated 150 Years On
“From these garish lights I vanish now for evermore, with a heartfelt, grateful, respectful, and affectionate farewell”. These were Dickens’s parting words at his last public reading. He died three...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Support Appeal Update
Thanks to your generous donations we have raised a hugely humbling £42,000+. If you are unable to visit in the near future or have the means to continue supporting us please do consider donating to...
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Here For Culture thanks to the Government's Culture Recovery Fund
Today, the Charles Dickens Museum has been awarded a significant grant as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic....
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Dickens 150th Anniversary Stamps by Isle of Man Post Office
Thrilled to be continuing to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens, one of the world’s most famous and loved writers with this exciting partnership with the Isle of Man Post...
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Covid-19 Appeal Update
Donate now: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/DickensMuseumAppeal As we are forced to close again, we need your help more than ever... 2020 has been a tough year for so many people, here in the UK...
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More to Explore!
The Museum’s Explore site is a treasure trove of new digital content comprising audio files, object highlights, short films, 360 room tours, stories and family activities covering a plethora of...
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Ice Cream with Dickens!
What could be more quintessentially English than enjoying a cold ice cream in Mr Dickens's own garden! The Charles Dickens Museum are pleased to announce we'll be stocking Criterion Ice Cream for...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Keeping you Safe!
We can't wait to welcome you to the Charles Dickens Museum. The safety of our staff, visitors and volunteers is our priority, but we also know that you want to really enjoy your visit. We've put...
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Changing How You Visit From 1st April
A visit to the Charles Dickens Museum allows you to truly immerse yourself in literary history, as you step back in time to when Charles Dickens and his family lived at 48 Doughty Street. We offer you...
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Twisting A Tale: The Winning Entry
Written by David Levell Outback Australia, 1833. ‘Who’s there?’ A sharp rasp from within.Maggie patted her daughter’s arm reassuringly. ‘We’re travellers, sir,’ she sang out. ‘We have lost our way in...
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National Lottery Open Days
23rd - 25th March 2022We're delighted to be once again taking part in the National Lottery Open Week. This is our chance to say thank you to people who have helped fund our museum through the National...
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A Day with a Dickens Descendant
Saturday 23rd July The Charles Dickens Museum is delighted to welcome Lucinda Dickens Hawksley for a full day of adventure, this weekend. The three times great granddaughter of Charles Dickens,...
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The Winners Announced!
The Charles Dickens Museum is pleased to announce the three winning entries for our writing competition. We received entries from all over the world, and were delighted by so many fantastic, and...
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National Lottery Free Entry 22nd - 24th March
We're delighted to be taking part in this year's National Lottery Open Week to say thank you to the players who help raise the funds for the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Between 22nd and 24th March...
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Easter Opening Hours!
We're delighted to say that we are open the whole of the Easter bank holiday weekend. Thursday 6th April - Open 10am - 5pm, last entry at 4pm. Good Friday 7th April - Open 10am - 5pm, last entry at...
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Free Entry Day 6th May 2023
We are delighted to announce that on the day of the coronation, Saturday 6th May 2023, we will be open free of charge. No booking is required, and we have removed tickets from sale for that day to...
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Community Forum
Do you live in London? Do you have an interest in Charles Dickens? If the answer to both of these questions is yes, then we want to hear from you!We're looking for people from our local community to...
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Christmas Opening Hours 2023
Book your tickets here.Please Note: Christmas Eve is a special event, in which London Pass, Art Pass or ICOM cards are not valid. Book your Christmas Eve visit here.
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Inimitable: Uncovering Charles Dickens
We're delighted to launch our first ever series of 'Inimitable,' the podcast brought to you by the Charles Dickens Museum. For our first series, we wanted to take a closer look at Christmas, and in...
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National Lottery Open Week
We're delighted to once again be taking part in the National Lottery Open Week! This is our way of saying thank you to the National Lottery players who have helped support our museum. Between 13th...
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