Charles Dickens Museum, Dinner
Charles Dickens Museum, 48 Doughty Street, London, WC1N 2LX -
Up to
30 guests
About Venue
Located in the heart of literary Bloomsbury, the Charles Dickens Museum is the perfect setting for an exclusive event in an enchanting historical setting.
An original Georgian townhouse dating back to 1809, Dickens’s ‘house in town’ is dressed in beautiful period style as if Dickens himself had just stepped out the door. The Grade I listed Charles Dickens Museum provides the perfect setting for an atmospheric dinner, elegant drinks reception, private corporate event or as a historical film location.
Spread over five floors, the Museum provides the evocative setting of an intimate Victorian home. Lit with candles, it can transport your guests to a time when Dickens would have walked the halls, entertained in the Dining Room, held court with his own guests in the Drawing Room and given life to his immortal characters in the quietude of his study.
A candlelit evening in the Museum is an extraordinary experience and provides the perfect environment for an intimate dinner in an unmatched historical setting.
Banquets and all fine dining events take place in the Withdrawing Room. On arrival at the Museum, guests are greeted for pre-dinner drinks in the Museum’s beautiful café and adjoining walled garden.
Prior to dinner, guests are free to have exclusive private access to the Museum and explore all the finely dressed historical rooms in Dickens’s home at their leisure. We can also arrange guided tours of the Museum for small parties on request.
Capacity & Layout
Standing
up to 30
Dining
up to 30
Cabaret
up to 30
Location
Reviews
- Becky TAugust 2025
We spent 45-60 minutes exploring the five floors of Charles Dickens’s home, though yours could vary depending on whether the audio guide (downloaded via QR code) and/or reading the signs and exhibition. It has an interesting mix of rooms and objects to see, including the kitchens, dining area, parlour, bedrooms, nursery, and exhibitions. Exhibitions covered a little on his life, works, and performances of his works. I wished a little more was on his family life (e.g. just threw in that he had a scandalous divorce and nine surviving kids, but little about them). It was not busy on an August Saturday, which was nice - so no need to have prepurchased tickets. Small cafe onsite, nice clean toilets, and medium shop with some interesting items for purchase.
