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VICTORIAN LONDON MUSEUMS

1 SHERLOCK HOLMES MUSEUM

221B BAKER ST, LONDON, NW1 6XE

Located at 221B Baker Street, the address of the fictional detective, the Sherlock Holmes Museum now serves as a memorial to the supreme sleuth. Opening in 1990, the museum meticulously recreates Sherlock Holmes’ apartment and rooms, filling them with a wealth of Victorian knick-knacks, curios and items from his various adventures.

There can also be found wax statues portraying some of the most famous characters from the Doyle stories, including of course Holmes and Watson but also others such as Inspector Lestrade and the villainous Professor Moriarty. The Museum’s shop houses what it claims to be the

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