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Wednesday 29 July, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.

Wednesday 12 August, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.

Wednesday 26 August, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.

Tuesday 31 March, 12.30 - 1.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). Join us over lunch to hear Pauline Chakmakjian, MA discuss Dr Johnsons' biographer James Boswell and his fascination with Freemasonry.

Wednesday 27 January 2027, 6pm - 8pm. £27.50. How did a marginal dialect spoken in the late 9th century by 200,000 people become the world’s language spoken by 1.6 billion people today?

Sunday 29 March. 12pm - 4pm. Free with admission. Try your hand at collage, using a beautiful selection of dried flowers and vintage papers.

Thursday 26 March, 6:30 - 8pm. £20 / 2 for £36. Crime was rife in Georgian London, but so too was punishment. Hear how Samuel Johnson balanced compassion with Justice.

Wednesday 25 March, 5pm - 6.30pm. £20. Join us for an intimate musical performance by UC8 in this salon-style concert in the historical home of Dr Johnson.

Sunday 22 March. 12pm - 4pm. Free with admission. Join us at Dr Johnson’s House for a special afternoon with BlindAid.

Thursday 19 March, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 FOR £22. Welcome the spring with a Museum Late at one of London’s best-kept secrets!

Wednesday 11 March, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.

Wednesday 4 March, 6pm - 8pm. £28 / 2 for £50. Enjoy G&Ts with a twist of history and gin tasting!

Wednesday 25 February, 6:30 - 8pm. £27.50. Hear the hidden histories of the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton.

Tuesday 24 February, 12.30 - 1.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). Join us over lunch to hear Angela Morgan explore the lives and achievements of the 'Black Elite' of 18th-century London.

Thursday 19 Feb, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 FOR £22. Warm up your February evening with a Museum Late at one of London’s best-kept secrets!

Sunday 15 March. 12pm - 4pm. Free with admission. Try your hand at letter writing in the historic home of Dr Johnson in the heart of the Fleet Street Quarter.

Wednesday 11 February, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.

We've been welcoming children since 1752, when 8-year old Francis Barber came to live with Samuel Johnson.

Sunday 8 February. 12pm - 4pm. Free with admission. Try your hand at letter writing in the historic home of Dr Johnson in the heart of the Fleet Street Quarter.

International Women’s Day provides the opportunity demonstrate that Johnson was a great champion of the achievements of women.