Technicolour Dickens:
The Living Image of Charles Dickens
25th July 2020 - 25th April 2021
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This exhibition is a celebration of beautiful books and print technology in the nineteenth century. It explores a Victorian publishing phenomenon and shows how Dickens shaped and coloured Christmas in ways that we still recognise today.
20th November - 19th April 2020
Learn moreThis exhibition presents a global picture of Dickens, exploring the impact of his travels on his life and his writing, and examining how Dickens has gone on to shape the lives of people around the globe.
14th May - 3rd November 2019
Learn moreThis exhibition explores the pivotal role of food in the author’s life and novels and give new insights into the experience of dining with Dickens.
28th November 2018 – 22nd April 2019
Learn moreThis exhibition investigates and reveals Dickens’s deep and influential interest in medicine, chemistry, geology, the energy of the Earth and the ability of science to drive change, cure disease, clean the city, clear the atmosphere and inspire the imagination.
24th May - 11th November 2018
Learn moreThis exhibition of new and recent work by artist Louise Weir, takes visitors on an investigative journey of memory, identity and loss informed by Charles Dickens’s classic novel, Great Expectations.
13th March - 29th April 2018
Learn moreThis exhibition explores a the inspiration behind Dickens’s novella, A Christmas Carol, one of his best known and best loved works.
29th November 2017– 25th February 2018
Learn moreThis 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 – 5th November 2017
Learn moreA special display of original illustrations by John Kenney for the 1965 Ladybird life of Dickens
30th November 2016 - 23rd April 2017
Learn moreThis exhibition aimed to debunk a series of myths surrounding the life of Catherine Dickens.
3rd May – 20th November 2016
Learn moreExhibition in conjunction with the BBC television series Dickensian in partnership with Red Planet Pictures!
19th January – 17th April 2016
Learn moreSpecial exhibition exploring the themes of perhaps Dickens’s most enduring piece of work.
1st December 2015 – 6th January 2016
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