The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum
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I've lived locally for 40+ years and passed this places hundreds of times and actually only visited it when relatives from Australia came over. Informative and the staff were friendly and knew their stuff.
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Friendly staff in a very well presented 5 floor Georgian home that contains a rich variety of artefacts: letters, prints, portraits, dictionary and interactive dictionary, and some furniture from Samuel Johnson and his close friends, such as James Boswell and the actor David Garrick.
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I bought visitors from our German subsidiary here. They loved the way the building is tucked away by the Cathedral, the medicinal herb garden and the opportunity to look around the rooms.
A real winner.
A real winner.
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lovely interesting place to visit, a great insight into the man I would not say great man but..... well he was at least to say a great character of his time
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My family and I called into the museum on Monday 7th April. It was very informative of the life of Samuel Johnson. We all thought it well worth the visit and would certainly recommend a visit.
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The Samuel Johnson house is a great little museum - a lovely atmosphere and a warm welcome.
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Very interesting house. There is so much history about these gentlemen who lived in the Midlands that I hadn't got any idea how important in history they were. The information is explained very well.
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I would thoroughly recommend the tour to anyone with an interest in the genius that is Samuel Johnson.
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I found the museum to be fun and entertaining. I would recommend this place to my friends.
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A very enjoyable visit to Dr Johnson's Birthplace museum. It is so important to preserve historical properties such as this!
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This was a really interesting place to visit! There was so much information that one needs to return to consolidate. It was beautifully organised and the video made an excellent introduction.
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Loved the story and the interactive ways of introducing Samuel Johnson's work. Enjoyable.
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My family and I have visited the town many times and only today did we notice this building and thought we'd go in and have a look. I wasn't familiar with Samuel Johnson but this place soon enlightened me.
We enjoyed all the floors including the basement.
The man at the entrance was very friendly. :)
We enjoyed all the floors including the basement.
The man at the entrance was very friendly. :)
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absolutely brilliant place. i live in lichfield and me and my daughter visit nearly every month. there's always something going on for children which is excellent and fun
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I visited this attraction with my 2 children aged 11 and 7 and they really loved everything about it from the interactive displays to the dressing up. Brilliant and well worth a visit xx
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this is a place we took the grandchildren to and they enjoyed the painting activity that was being done for them also finding the objects they had to find on a sheet of paper and at the end they got a sticker for finding them all we only paid for the painting activity which was just a few pounds every thing else is free
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This is an amazing venue! I am amazed that this place is free and it is wonderfully interactive. I sincerely hope that I get chance to come here many more times. An absolute delight. My sister loved it, as did I!
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Continuing our trip to Lichfield, after the morning across the road at the heritage centre our group squeezed into the bookshop, which is the entrance to the museum. We were greeted by our extremely knowledgeable and very articulate guide. He was just the right mix of teacher and actor, an absolute mine of information. The property is quite big for a town house although the numerous rooms are quite small. However it is still in it's original state and houses many paintings of Johnsons family and contemporaries.
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it is a great museum and really worth going in and the staff are great you will be surprised how big it is .
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I must admit I didn't know really anything at all about Samuel Johnson before except his name and that he was an 18th century figure. But the house was very impressive and I was impressed by the number of floors with each offering something different. I learnt quite a bit about the place and Johnson while the curator was extremely helpful, enthusiastic and knowledgeable and even advised me on other events in the city that were on that day to make my stay more worthwhile.
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great museum, and good for kids, lots of interaction and things to play with, great to see the first dictionary and learn about his life.
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we visited on sept 21 day of celebrations for his birthday it is all so interesting to go and see his house and where he worked free cake was given also to mark his anniversary ,and go back in time ,a lot to look at and see
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Great place with great staff. Attractions include a good video about Johnson's life, both here and in London. Go for it!
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An interesting, characterful old house slap bang in the city centre, well served by its charming, enthusiastic and informative curator on our visit. It is worth visiting for itself, just to get a flavour of pretty much how properties of this type were laid out and inhabited in the 18th century (imagine- no toilet!). But on top of that it was the birthplace of a great man of letters of whom we can be proud, and whose life is explained very well with many contemporay exhibits and an informative video. Many old books on sale too. Amazingly it is free (although donations for upkeep etc are welcomed) and open 7 days a week. A real credit to the city.
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Gives a picture of how people lived in his times, and how he spent time with his circle of friends. Curator was very helpful.
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