Charles Dickens Museum, Dinner
Charles Dickens Museum, 48 Doughty Street, London, WC1N 2LX -
Up to
30 guests
Located in the heart of literary Bloomsbury, the Charles Dickens Museum is the perfect setting for an exclusive event in an enchanting historical setting.
An original Georgian townhouse dating back to 1809, Dickens’s ‘house in town’ is dressed in beautiful period style as if Dickens himself had just stepped out the door. The Grade I listed Charles Dickens Museum provides the perfect setting for an atmospheric dinner, elegant drinks reception, private corporate event or as a historical film location.
Spread over five floors, the Museum provides the evocative setting of an intimate Victorian home. Lit with candles, it can transport your guests to a time when Dickens would have walked the halls, entertained in the Dining Room, held court with his own guests in the Drawing Room and given life to his immortal characters in the quietude of his study.
A candlelit evening in the Museum is an extraordinary experience and provides the perfect environment for an intimate dinner in an unmatched historical setting.
Banquets and all fine dining events take place in the Withdrawing Room. On arrival at the Museum, guests are greeted for pre-dinner drinks in the Museum’s beautiful café and adjoining walled garden.
Prior to dinner, guests are free to have exclusive private access to the Museum and explore all the finely dressed historical rooms in Dickens’s home at their leisure. We can also arrange guided tours of the Museum for small parties on request.
Capacity & layout
Standing
up to 30
Dining
up to 30
Cabaret
up to 30
Location
Reviews
Leonard Bottleman
October 2024A delightful museum featuring items from Charles Dickens life set in one of the houses where he and his wife lived, which has been lovingly restored and decorated as it would have been when Dickens lived here. The informative placards provided a wealth of information and the volunteer staff enthusiastically provides additional details and answers questions.
Brim Zeze
October 2024Very educational (when aren't museums?) content found here about Dickens and Catherine. Paired with an audio guide, one for families, and a general one, accessible via QR codes on a website. I came here for my birthday, there is a generous discount for blue light card holders. What I learnt was that Dickens was an animal fan, and had ravens called Grip, hedgehogs were pets in Victorian times. His sister-in-law took suddenly ill one day and died (more information in the Mary Hogarth Room). Dickens lived here when he was 25. The attic has a nursery where the children were, it also has a former servants room. Some bars from Marshalsea Prison, and windows from Dickens' houses. I would recommend spending about an hour or longer here, to see everything. There is also a cafe and a gift shop.
Stefan Nunn
November 2024After nearly 35 years I finally got here, especially as when working on the area, I used to direct people to it ( the change from John St to Doughty St confuses many). Many artifacts and the refurb in 2012 has returned the house to an approximation of the building Dickens knew. The house is set over 4 floors plus basement, do you have to be good with stairs. Helpful guides and a must visit to see the writing desk he sat at, returned from his last house at Gads Hill. Overall, a good visit, where you can look into mirrors used by Dickens to practice his characters in public readings. This time of the year the house is dressed for Christmas, so again a more intimate atmosphere.
