Children Welcome!

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

This is not a 'stuffy museum' - it's a fun House of Words where children can explore, play, learn, chat, time travel, imagine - all using their words!

Things you can do:

• Discover what a Slubberdegullion, Jiggumbob or Camelopard is (take a look in Johnson's Dictionary to find these and other weird and wonderful words...)

• Play word games

• Dress up like a Georgian gent or lady

• Try writing with a quill and ink

• Explore a 330-year old house, sit on the chairs and in the window seats

• Meet Hodge - Johnson's very own 'very fine cat'

• Hear about the firemen who saved the House during the Blitz

• And... read!