Dickens House Museum — Attraction in Thanet

Sorry to disagree, but this little museum just isn't very good. The curation and guidance is put together with all the precision and care of a drunk setting a table. While there are some (a few) interesting artefacts, they're assembled in a haphazard and juvenile manner. But much of the content is boring illustrations which you can find just as easily on Google. It's topped off by staff who are overly officious to the point of rudeness, making the whole experience tedious and tiresome. While it's inexpensive, it's not one I'd recommend to anyone other than the most ardent Dickens enthusiast. If you've ever been to a half decent museum, you'll be bored and possibly irritated at the lack of thought put into this place. The Dickens museum in London would do well to secure the few interesting items and let this place...

The price is fairly cheap for a museum. The house is quite small, so there's not an awful lot to see. However, if you're like me and like to peruse every little detail when scanning through rooms, then you can spend at least an hour in here. There are also helpful staff who tell you some background about Dickens, his life and his connections with Broadstairs and this house.

There is a copy of his will hanging on a wall, alongside a very old map of London, some doll-like figurines displayed of some of his recognisable characters. A very useful poster about Dickens' timeline and London, and other places worth visiting if you're interested in further references.

If you just want a quick look around, you can probably see everything in...

We were treated very rudely by the man on the desk who not only had a go at us on our way in after trying to overcharge us but also then followed us into another room of the museum to grumpily tell me he hadn't overcharged us the website was wrong. I hadn't planned to make a point of the overcharging till his rudeness then to be followed round was the final straw so we asked for a refund and left after the first room. I had no intention of being followed around the whole building. I had been really looking forward to this but ended up in tears after being repeatedly 'told off' by this man. Assume if you go that they will make up the charges as they go and be incredibly rude if you dare...