Charles Dickens Museum: The Charles Dickens Museum in London is the worlds most important collection of material relating to the great Victorian novelist and social commentator. Charles Dickens and his family lived at 48 Doughty Street between April 1837 - exactly a year after his marriage to Catherine - and December 1839.
The Doughty Street house itself came under threat of demolition in 1923, but was saved by the Dickens Fellowship (founded in 1902), who raised the mortgage and bought the freehold. The house was renovated and the Charles Dickens Museum (then the Dickens House Museum) was opened, under the direction of an independent trust.
The Museum has three reconstructed rooms (Drawing Room , Morning Room, Wash House) and four exhibition rooms. Kids Trails of the Museum (for the age 7-11 and 12-14 years) are available from the reception. The Museum features special exhibitions about Dickenss life and works as well as occasional exhibitions by contemporary artists. In the past, themes such as Great Victorian Beards, Dickenss Childs History of England and Katey - Dickenss Artistic daughter have enriched the permanent displays with fresh approaches and loans from other Museums.
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