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Extra/Ordinary women below stairs! Summer holiday tours for families at the Charles Dickens Museum

Friday 14th August 2026, 10:15am-11:30am

Charles Dickens Museum, 48-49 Doughty St, London WC1N 2LX

£14 adult/£8 child

Rustic washroom featuring wooden laundry tub, stone hearth, basin, candlelit walls, and window at dusk.

Friday 14th August 2026, 10:15am-11:30am

Charles Dickens Museum, 48-49 Doughty St, London WC1N 2LX

£14 adult/£8 child

Join the servants' team at 48 Doughty Street as our new 'Scullion'! Find out about the daily lives of the (mostly female) servants who kept houses like this running smoothly.

Do some dressing up and explore the different jobs they did around the house with hands-on activities and object handling. Then get an instant picture of yourself doing your favourite job as a souvenir.

For families with children aged 5-9 years old. The event will last 1 hour, 15 minutes. Ticket includes historic house entry to continue your visit after the end of the session.

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