Sherlock Holmes Museum

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The Sherlock Holmes Museum
The exterior of the Sherlock Holmes Museum and doorway marked as 221B
Sherlock Holmes Museum is located in Central London
Sherlock Holmes Museum
Location within Central London
Established1990; 34 years ago (1990)
LocationBaker Street
London, NW1
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°31′25″N 0°09′31″W / 51.5237°N 0.1585°W / 51.5237; -0.1585
Public transit accessLondon Underground Baker Street
National Rail Marylebone
Websitewww.sherlock-holmes.co.uk

The Sherlock Holmes Museum is a privately run museum in London, England, dedicated to the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It is the world's first museum dedicated to the literary character Sherlock Holmes. It opened in 1990 and is situated on Baker Street, bearing the number 221B by permission of the City of Westminster,[1] although it lies between numbers 237 and 241,[2] near the north end of Baker Street in central London close to Regent's Park.[3][4]

The Georgian town house which the museum occupies as "221B Baker Street" was built in 1815.[5] It was formerly used as a boarding house from 1860 to 1936.[1] It covers the period of 1881 to 1904 when the stories describe Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson residing there as tenants of Mrs Hudson.[1] The house is part of the terrace of 237-241 Baker Street which is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England.[6] The museum features exhibits items from several different adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, and recreations of scenes from the 1984 Granada Television series Sherlock Holmes.

  1. ^ a b c Harper, Philip. "Sherlock Holmes Museum | Museums London – FREE resource of all 200 museums in London". www.museumslondon.org. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. ^ McClure, Rosemary (30 October 2018). "A not-so-elementary guide to Sherlock Holmes' London". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. ^ was Thomas Bruce Wheeler (2003). Finding Sherlock's London: Travel Guide to Over 200 Sites in London. iUniverse. ISBN 0-595-28114-1.
  4. ^ "Sherlock Holmes 101". Washington Post. 11 January 2004.
  5. ^ "About the museum". Sherlock Holmes Museum. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  6. ^ Historic England. "231-243 Baker Street (1066506)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 March 2024.