Christmas Eve at the Charles Dickens Museum

Ticket price:

£25 Adult Ticket
£14 Child Ticket
£19 Access Ticket (with free Companion Ticket available)

How to book tickets:

• On our website
• In person at the ticket desk

Please note that demand for this annual event is always high and will likely sell-out fast.

Christmas Eve is a special opening: Art Fund and ICOM free entry is not eligible for this ticket type. If you want to use these memberships please check Christmas opening times for Museum Admission Tickets.

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Inclusions:

• Self-guided exploration of the historic house
• Explore the special exhibition
• Enjoy the house decorated for Christmas eve
• Soak up the atmosphere on this special day
• A free drink (alcoholic and non-alcoholic option. Challenge 25 age-verification will be in operation).
• A free mince pie
• Access to favourite Christmas movie showing and other festive activities
• Seasonal food and drink available for purchase in the tea-room
• Presents and mementos available for purchase in the shop
• Gift wrap your shop purchase available by donation run by our volunteers
  

Dates and times for 2026:

24th December 2026 - Christmas Eve

This special event often sells out in advance. Ticketed entry requires booking a 15 minute entry slot between 10am and 6pm subject to availability. Most visitors spend one hour looking around the historic house plus time enjoying the Christmas festivities. Last entry at 5pm. 

Terms and conditions:

Please note that all event tickets are non-refundable. More here.

Queries:

Please email the Events team; events@dickensmuseum.com

The warming scent of mulled wine wafting through the air. The glorious sight of holly garlands twisting up the staircase and tied with red ribbons, is there any better place to be on Christmas Eve than in the historic London home of Charles Dickens?

Soak up the festive spirit this Christmas Eve as you explore the very home in which Charles Dickens lived and wrote. Traditionally decorated in an authentic Victorian style, the Charles Dickens Museum evokes the nostalgia of a Dickensian Christmas. Every guest receives a free mince pie and mulled wine or soft drink alternative. For an extra special treat, we’ll be playing film adaptations of A Christmas Carol throughout the day in ‘The Smallest Theatre in the World.’

As a special promotion, every visitor who books a Christmas Eve ticket in advance will be automatically entered into a Festive Prize Competition with the chance to win a Dickensian Christmas hamper:

• A facsimile first edition of A Christmas Carol.
• A copy of Dickens & Christmas, written by the author and 3x great granddaughter of Charles Dickens, Lucinda Hawksley.
• A Bah Humbug! Christmas mug, to enjoy a brew while you read your new books. 

The winner will be drawn at random at 9.00am on Christmas Eve morning, and the prize will be presented to the winner when they arrive at the museum.

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