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Sherlock Holmes Museum

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.
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  • Opening hours: 9:30 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in London, England
  • Address: 221B Baker Street, London, NW1 6XE
  • Wheelchair access: no

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marylebone and Lisson Grove.

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is a district of northwest central , around the vast Paddington Station of Paddington Bear fame. This inner London district is somewhat bereft of attractions but it does have a large range of budget and mid-priced accommodation.

Sherlock Holmes Museum

Latitude
51.52376° or 51° 31′ 26″ north
Longitude
-0.15847° or 0° 9′ 31″ west
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGRFR+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3916613190
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
10173912
Wiki­data ID
Q1990172
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Sherlock Holmes Museum” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Muzeu Sherlock Holmes”
  • Arabic: “متحف شرلوك هولمز”
  • Armenian: “Շերլոկ Հոլմսի թանգարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şerlok Holms muzeyi”
  • Chinese: “福爾摩斯博物館”
  • Chinese: “福爾摩斯紀念館”
  • Dutch: “Sherlock Holmes Museum”
  • French: “Sherlock Holmes Museum”
  • German: “Sherlock Holmes Museum”
  • German: “Sherlock-Holmes-Museum”
  • German: “The Sherlock Holmes Museum”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון שרלוק הולמס”
  • Italian: “Museo di Sherlock Holmes”
  • Japanese: “シャーロック・ホームズ博物館”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Шерлок Холмсну музейи”
  • Korean: “셜록 홈즈 박물관”
  • Lithuanian: “Šerloko Holmso muziejus”
  • Persian: “موزه شرلوک هولمز”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Sherlock Holmes”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Sherlock Holmes”
  • Romanian: “Sherlock Holmes Museum”
  • Russian: “Музей Шерлока Холмса”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Sherlock Holmes”
  • Swedish: “Sherlock Holmes Museum”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์เชอร์ล็อก โฮมส์”
  • Turkish: “Sherlock Holmes Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Шерлока Холмса”
  • Urdu: “شرلاک ہومز میوزیم”
  • Uzbek: “Sherlock Holmes Museum”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Sherlock Holmes”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sherlock Holmes Museum”. Photo: Jordan 1972, Public domain.