Welcome to Dr Johnson's House

'...when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life'

Discover the world of Dr Samuel Johnson, England's most distinguished Man of Letters

Plan Your Visit

Opening Hours
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm

Sunday 12pm - 4pm

Free Talks Every Wednesday & Friday

Join us for volunteer-led talks.
Wednesdays at 2:30pm - Dr Johnson’s Dictionary: an extraordinary feat of lexicography

Fridays 2:30pm - A City of Change: Living in 18th-Century London

Included with admission.

London Craft Week Exhibition: Zié Object(s) × Dr Johnson's House

Friday 15 May & Saturday 16 May
Free Entry to Exhibition

Developed from archival research, this exhibition considers material as a carrier of time. The works respond to historical documents, found objects, and site-specific records, transforming archival traces into contemporary design explorations of memory, history, and place.

Welcome to Dr Johnson's House

Free Talks Every Wednesday & Friday

​London Craft Week Exhibition: Zié Object(s) × Dr Johnson's House

Museum Lates

Thursday 21 May 5.30pm - 7pm Welcome longer days with a Museum Late at one of London’s best-kept secrets!

Music in Georgian London

Lunchtime Lecture Tuesday 26 May 12.30pm - 1.45pm Join us over lunch to hear from Marguerite Mullée, experienced conductor, singer, and voice teacher with a doctorate in Music.

Walk & Visit

Wednesday 10 June 1pm - 3pm Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Samuel Johnson.

​Death Rituals & Grief: In Conversation with Sofka Zinovieff & Julia Samuel

Wednesday 10 June 6.30pm - 8pm Join acclaimed author Sofka Zinovieff and leading psychotherapist Julia Samuel for a fascinating exploration of death rituals and grief.

Britain & The American Dream

Wednesday 1 July 6.30pm - 8pm Bestselling historian Peter Moore traces how Enlightenment ideas were exported from Britain and put into practice in America - where they became the most successful export of all time, the American Dream.

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Desks, Drudgery and the Dictionary: Samuel Johnson’s Garret Lexicography

Discover Johnson's Dictionary

Children Welcome!

Francis Barber

Group Visits

Tetty Johnson

Venue Hire

Dr Johnson

Firemen's Club

Hodge the Cat

The Collection

Fry's Desk

Volunteer

Learning

London Craft Week Exhibition: Zié Object(s) × Dr Johnson's House

Thursday 21 May
5.30pm - 7pm

Welcome longer days with a Museum Late at one of London’s best-kept secrets!

Lunchtime Lecture
Tuesday 26 May
12.30pm - 1.45pm

Join us over lunch to hear from Marguerite Mullée, experienced conductor, singer, and voice teacher with a doctorate in Music.

Wednesday 10 June
1pm - 3pm

Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Samuel Johnson.

Death Rituals & Grief: In Conversation with Sofka Zinovieff & Julia Samuel

Wednesday 10 June
6.30pm - 8pm

Join acclaimed author Sofka Zinovieff and leading psychotherapist Julia Samuel for a fascinating exploration of death rituals and grief.

Wednesday 1 July
6.30pm - 8pm

Bestselling historian Peter Moore traces how Enlightenment ideas were exported from Britain and put into practice in America - where they became the most successful export of all time, the American Dream.