We visited the same day as the Foundling Museum. Both small museums are worth the visit. The cafe is good for a nice lunch or tea break.
Gift shop especially nice with the illustrated editions of Dickens books.

We arrived at 48 Doughty Street on Saturday evening at 6pm and were greeted at the door by the museum’s Front of House supervisor Ms. Kim Navarko. We had reserved a private after hours tour, and Ms. Navarko had also kindly arranged to have the gift shop open for us as well. Before we began the tour we enjoyed a few glasses of wine together outside in the lovely patio area listening to the little gurgling fountain and enjoying the flowers. Dickens’ spirit still pervades this house, especially in the dining room and master study! As it got dark outside we had the feel of what it must have been like to have been invited here for one of his dinner parties, especially those during the Christmas season! Ms. Navarko’s tour was exceptionally well done! Her professional demeanour and comprehensive knowledge of Dickensian subject matter was quite impressive. However what appealed to us all the more was her friendly and open disposition towards us. She made us feel as if we were long lost friends! Our tour lasted approximately two hours, and was SO INTERESTING! To have seen a lock of Dickens’ hair was truly amazing! This is a magnificent tribute to one of the world’s greatest and most treasured literary masters. The curators have done an absolutely beautiful job here that is worthy of the highest acclaim in our opinion. This was one of the highlights of our two-week trip to England, which included the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District, and also Dumfries and Galloway Scotland. Fittingly it ended with a visit to the Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey where we paid our respects to Mr. Dickens’. We would highly recommend a stop at this museum for those who love such a great writer. IT WAS FASCINATING!

If you want the backstory of Charles Dickens, here is the place! This house museum provides a good overview of the author and his life and his writings. See how DIckens and family lived. And how he entertained his friends. Every aspect of his life is explored. Read some of his correspondence and see where he traveled.