Food Glorious Food: Dinner with Dickens
This 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
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The museum holds over 100,000 items including manuscripts, rare editions, personal items, paintings and other visual sources.
Charles Dickens: Man of Science
This 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
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Expectations of the Past
This 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
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Ghost of an Idea: Unwrapping 'A Christmas Carol'
This 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
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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 – 5th November 2017
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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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