Sherlock Holmes Museum

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived in a Victorian lodging house at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The house was built in 1815 and is listed by the Government to protect its architectural and cultural heritage.

It is open as a museum dedicated to the life and times of Sherlock Holmes, and the interior has been faithfully maintained for posterity exactly as described in the published stories.

The famous study, located on the 1st floor overlooking Baker Street, has been portrayed in countless films over the years. Visitors can sit in Mr Holmes’s armchair by the fireside to pose for photos, and enter his bedroom adjoining the study. His possessions are in their usual places: his deerstalker, magnifying glass, calabash pipe, violin, chemistry equipment, notebook, Persian slipper and disguises. 

The published stories contain all the relevant facts about the house and the lives of Mr Holmes and Doctor Watson which visitors can explore for themselves by visiting the Museum. Mr Holmes is even till this day an enigmatic figure, equally wrapped in mystery as the crimes he tried to solve, and as in most legends, often difficult to separate the fact from the fiction.

For more information about the Sherlock Holmes Museum, visit: http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/