---
title: "Dr Johnson's House · OpenVibe.Tours"
canonical: "https://openvibe.tours/place/plc_87ABETWWKTR99CXBNPD0T63JVM"
updated: null
---

# Dr Johnson's House · OpenVibe.Tours

HTML: [Dr Johnson's House · OpenVibe.Tours](https://openvibe.tours/place/plc_87ABETWWKTR99CXBNPD0T63JVM)

attraction

# Dr Johnson's House

Dr Samuel Johnson was the highly distinguished 18 th -century "man of letters", best known for his comprehensive English Dictionary of 1755, but also for his prolific output of poems, essays and novels.

Go here together

[Make a plan together](https://openvibe.fun/plans/new?place=Dr+Johnson%27s+House&city=London&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fdr-johnson-s-house-plc_87ABETWWKTR99CXBNPD0T63JVM&lat=51.51489&lon=-0.10837) [Add to Our places](https://openvibe.fun/places/new?place=Dr+Johnson%27s+House&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fdr-johnson-s-house-plc_87ABETWWKTR99CXBNPD0T63JVM)

A date poll for your people, or a shared list of places you want to see.

![Dr Johnson's House](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZKE1DFQR16ADD8R848JD41) Photo: Jim Linwood · CC BY 2.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADr._Johnson's_House.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

- [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.51489&mlon=-0.10837#map=16/51.51489/-0.10837)
- **Admission not confirmed**check before you go

## Why go

Something of a "hidden gem", this small, independent museum is dedicated to him—and, with its historic interiors, paintings and prints, personal effects and other exhibits—gives an impression of what it might have been like during his occupancy from 1748 to 1759.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/London/City_of_London)

## How to visit

Admission not confirmed. Check the hours and access before you travel.

## Come back later

Ask for a reminder on the day you want to go.

Remind us on a date

## See it live

[Stream it from here](https://openvibe.live/broadcast?place=Dr+Johnson%27s+House&place_url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fdr-johnson-s-house-plc_87ABETWWKTR99CXBNPD0T63JVM&title=At+Dr+Johnson%27s+House)

No public streams or clips from here yet. Stream it and you are the first: OpenVibe.Live opens its go-live setup, and you choose when to start.

## Nearby

1. ![British Museum](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZKJCZ3Z3323J8VSKRTMHXQ?w=640)

    

   

   ### [British Museum](/place/british-museum-plc_8KXECWHZQGJDR3C89HV80VBBQH)

   

   attraction

   

    

   Photo: Ham · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABritish_Museum_from_NE_2_%28cropped%29.JPG)
2. ![Buckingham Palace](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZMQ3DNXFJQ89XMX8M13C38?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Buckingham Palace](/place/buckingham-palace-plc_BFSBJX6AX1C47T8KZBQP4RSN80)

   

   attraction

   

    

   Photo: Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABuckingham_Palace%2C_London_-_April_2009.jpg)
3. ![Elizabeth Tower](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZMPA89EE95HEHQRSCH69N7?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Elizabeth Tower](/place/elizabeth-tower-plc_NQPMZD9PTP693GB1AA0V85F648)

   

   attraction

   

    

   Photo: Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AElizabeth_Tower_and_the_north_front_of_the_Palace_of_Westminster%2C_London.jpg)
4. ![Tower of London](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZKC88GDDR2CBZT2YBR46EW?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Tower of London](/place/tower-of-london-plc_CP23HXRG6NCTXJG6SQDR706SPP)

   

   attraction

   

    

   Photo: Bob Collowan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATower_of_London_viewed_from_the_River_Thames.jpg)
5. ![Palace of Westminster](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZMNQ6PS6WSC39PJP95ZZ3M?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Palace of Westminster](/place/palace-of-westminster-plc_247517R8FEZV82NTWEF3ASXE0E)

   

   attraction

   

    

   Photo: Terry Ott from Washington, DC Metro Area, United States of America · CC BY 2.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHouses_of_Parliament_in_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg)
6. ![Tower Bridge](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZKB8GRE3PAG4993WQYJFNM?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Tower Bridge](/place/tower-bridge-plc_VP1N1EBERM0QYJGP9GYK6X84XD)

   

   attraction

   

    

   Photo: Barcex · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALondon_-_London_Tower_Bridge_-_140806_171049.jpg)

## On these routes

1. [**London: more of the See list** London · 7 stops](/routes/rte_63ZKBXAKC61188QZ7Q64BBJJJM)

[Sign in](/auth/login?next=%2Fplace%2Fdr-johnson-s-house-plc_87ABETWWKTR99CXBNPD0T63JVM) to save this place to a trip.