Sherlock Holmes Museum

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Wed Jun 20 2012

The Sherlock Holmes Museum – founded in 1989 on a site approximating that described by Conan Doyle, though actually standing at number 239 – fought long and hard for the right to claim the address 221B Baker Street as its own. When you visit you are likely to be greeted by an august person wearing a bowler hat and whiskers; this, you will deduce, is Doctor Watson. And every lovingly recreated detail here conspires to persuade visitors to suspend their disbelief and feel themselves travelling back in time to a preserved fragment of historical reality. The Sherlock Holmes Museum bristles with murder weapons, Victoriana and waxworks depicting scenes from the stories. Upstairs in Mrs Hudson’s room there is a folder of letters addressed to Holmes by fans from all over the world and, apparently, a fair percentage of visitors do believe that the whole set-up is for real.

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Address:
Sherlock Holmes Museum 221b Baker St
London
NW1 6XE

Phone:
020 7935 1127
Website:
www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk
Opening hours:
9.30am-6pm daily (last adm 5.30pm)
Transport:
Tube: Baker St
Price:
£6, £4 children
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1. Sherlock Holmes Museum
  - 221b Baker St
    London
    NW1 6XE
  - 020 7935 1127
  - www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk
  - 51.523751,-0.158555

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