Restless Shadow: Dickens the Campaigner
This exhibition explores a largely unknown and under-rated body of Dickens’s work that speaks plainly to social justice with energy and relevance.
9th May – 29th October 2017
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The museum holds over 100,000 items including manuscripts, rare editions, personal items, paintings and other visual sources.
The Ladybird Life of Dickens: an illustrated adventure
A special display of original illustrations by John Kenney for the 1965 Ladybird life of Dickens
30th November 2016 - 23rd April 2017
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The Other Dickens: Discovering Catherine Dickens
This exhibition aimed to debunk a series of myths surrounding the life of Catherine Dickens.
3rd May – 20th November 2016
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Dickensian: Behind the scenes of the BBC drama series
Exhibition in conjunction with the BBC television series Dickensian in partnership with Red Planet Pictures!
19th January – 17th April 2016
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A Christmas Carol Reimagined
Special exhibition exploring the themes of perhaps Dickens’s most enduring piece of work.
1st December 2015 – 6th January 2016
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What Shall We Have For Dinner
On the Friday 22nd August 2014, the museum opened its first community-led exhibition, entitled What Shall We have For Dinner’.
August - November 2014
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A Dickens whodunnit: Solving the mystery of Edwin Drood
Edwin Drood has disappeared, but is he dead or alive, and who is behind the crime?
11th May– 22nd November 2015
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A City Observed: Signs from Dickens’s London
A City Observed, explored the impact that hand crafted Victorian Shop signs had on the writings of Charles Dickens and his representation of Victorian London.
2nd August - 15th November 2014
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Dickens on Tour
Fans of the great author from around the world were invited to catapult Dickens into 2013 by taking him on a tour of their locale in the modern world.
June - October 2013
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The Invisible Woman
Following its general release across cinemas in the UK on 7 February, The Invisible Woman was one of the most talked-about feature films on Dickens in recent years.
7th January - 31st October 2013
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