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Tuesday 28 July, 12.30 - 1.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). Medicine, but not as we know it, in the 18th century with Sheelagh James

Wednesday 15 April, 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 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.

Sunday 16 August, 2pm-3pm. Summer Holiday Fun at Dr Johnson's House! Creative Writing Workshop for 5-12 year olds. Free with Admission.

Thursday 20 August, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 FOR £22. Enjoy sparkling drinks and discover one of London's best-kept secrets!

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.

Thursday 8 October, 6.30 - 8pm. £27.50. We are thrilled to welcome 2026 RSL Ondaatje Prize winner Diana McCaulay for a conversation on her brilliant new novel, A House for Miss Pauline.

Thursday 22 October, 6.30pm-8pm. £27.50. A ghost. A witch. A princess. Madeleine Pelling's spellbinding history unpicks the stories of three incredible 18th-century hoaxes.

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.