The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

Upcoming events at The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum is a museum in Lichfield. Near Here currently lists at least 17 upcoming events, including Summer Family Craft Activity, Collage Workshop with Hazel Pitt and Romanising Britain.

Arts & CultureChildren & Family

Around £2

Summer Family Craft Activity

Join us between 11am and 1pm for a hands-on family craft activity. Each week we’ll have a new craft activity to have a go at: Thursday 23rd July: Lichfield’s first museum: Cabinets of Curiosity. How would you fill your cabinet? Thursday 30th July: Georgian Science: Halley’s Comet returns as predicted! Make a “comet” to hang in your bedroom. Thursday 6th August: A Voyage round the World: Captain Cook and his journeys to the islands of the Pacific during the 1700s. Make a sea horse and a parrot mask. Thursday 13th August: Lichfield Cathedral. Make a stained glass window to put on your bedroom window. Thursday 20th August: Dr Johnson and his teapot: Make a decorated teapot just like Samuel Johnson’s. Thursday 27th August: Animals. Make puppet animals to take home. £2 per child for the craft activity, accompanying adults free. Booking is not essential, drop-ins welcome. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Entrance to the Museum is free and we have lots of fun free activities including quill pen writing, colouring-in, and costume to try on.

Thu 23 Jul12:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Arts & CultureChildren & Family

Around £2

Summer Family Craft Activity

Join us between 11am and 1pm for a hands-on family craft activity. Each week we’ll have a new craft activity to have a go at: Thursday 23rd July: Lichfield’s first museum: Cabinets of Curiosity. How would you fill your cabinet? Thursday 30th July: Georgian Science: Halley’s Comet returns as predicted! Make a “comet” to hang in your bedroom. Thursday 6th August: A Voyage round the World: Captain Cook and his journeys to the islands of the Pacific during the 1700s. Make a sea horse and a parrot mask. Thursday 13th August: Lichfield Cathedral. Make a stained glass window to put on your bedroom window. Thursday 20th August: Dr Johnson and his teapot: Make a decorated teapot just like Samuel Johnson’s. Thursday 27th August: Animals. Make puppet animals to take home. £2 per child for the craft activity, accompanying adults free. Booking is not essential, drop-ins welcome. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Entrance to the Museum is free and we have lots of fun free activities including quill pen writing, colouring-in, and costume to try on.

Thu 30 Jul12:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Workshops & Classes

Around £35

Collage Workshop with Hazel Pitt

Join us for a fun and relaxing evening of collaging. Whether you’re looking to try something new, tap into your creativity, or explore art for wellbeing, this workshop offers a stress-free space to unwind and inspire your creative side. No experience needed. All materials are provided, but feel free to bring any images from books and magazines that resonate with you. This event is for adults. There will be a 15-minute tea and coffee break during the evening, with drinks included in the ticket price. Please arrive by 6:15pm, as we’ll start at 6:30pm. As we’re a small team, latecomers may not be admitted. Tickets cost £35 per person. Pre-booking is essential, spaces are limited. Tickets can be booked online via our Eventbrite page, in person in our Bookshop, or by calling us on . Tickets are non-refundable. About the artist: Hazel Pitt is an analogue collage artist based in Staffordshire, England. With a Masters Degree in the area of Art and Psychology, her collages explore the science of consciousness and the mystical experience. She has collaborated with various Art and Science projects, using the medium of collage as a visual tool in communicating scientific findings. An experienced teacher of many years, she is passionate about using the medium of collage as a therapeutic tool for wellbeing, delivering physical and online workshops within the community.

Thu 30 Jul19:15The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Community

Around £12

Romanising Britain

To the Romans, the people of Britannia were wild, uncivilised and strange. Caesar described how they would “dye their bodies with woad, which produces a blue colour”, whilst Horace called them the “furthest people of the world”. The land itself was unfamiliar and challenging, surrounded by terrifying seas, and with inhospitable weather. So distant from the civilising effect of Rome that it might as well have been as distant and alien as the moon. And yet it was invaded on no fewer (and possibly more) than three occasions, was garrisoned with large numbers of Rome’s professional citizen-soldiers, and became the western-most province of a massive empire, under Roman rule for four centuries before being abandoned. The military adventures of Caesar, Aulus Plautius, and Claudius may have put Britannia on the map (and then coloured it imperial purple), but Suetonius Paulinus kept it there when he was able to defeat the ‘Victorious Woman’ who led a successful, and violent, rebellion against the invaders. In this lecture, Rik Sowden will examine events of Rome and Britain in the first centuries BCE and CE, the invasions of Julius Caesar and Claudius, and the Boudican revolt which followed. Tickets cost £12 per person. Tickets can be purchased online via our Eventbrite page, in-person at our Bookshop, or by calling . Pre-booking is essential, spaces are limited. Tickets are non-refundable. Doors open from 6:30pm-7:00pm, a complimentary hot drink is served upon arrival.

Wed 5 Aug20:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Arts & CultureChildren & Family

Around £2

Summer Family Craft Activity

Join us between 11am and 1pm for a hands-on family craft activity. Each week we’ll have a new craft activity to have a go at: Thursday 23rd July: Lichfield’s first museum: Cabinets of Curiosity. How would you fill your cabinet? Thursday 30th July: Georgian Science: Halley’s Comet returns as predicted! Make a “comet” to hang in your bedroom. Thursday 6th August: A Voyage round the World: Captain Cook and his journeys to the islands of the Pacific during the 1700s. Make a sea horse and a parrot mask. Thursday 13th August: Lichfield Cathedral. Make a stained glass window to put on your bedroom window. Thursday 20th August: Dr Johnson and his teapot: Make a decorated teapot just like Samuel Johnson’s. Thursday 27th August: Animals. Make puppet animals to take home. £2 per child for the craft activity, accompanying adults free. Booking is not essential, drop-ins welcome. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Entrance to the Museum is free and we have lots of fun free activities including quill pen writing, colouring-in, and costume to try on.

Thu 6 Aug12:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Birthplace Writing Group

Free friendly and informal writing group; new members welcome. If you’d like to find out more please visit the Writing Group’s website (external link). Please (during opening hours), email , or pop in and enquire about availability at the museum’s bookshop.

Sat 8 Aug15:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Arts & CultureChildren & Family

Around £2

Summer Family Craft Activity

Join us between 11am and 1pm for a hands-on family craft activity. Each week we’ll have a new craft activity to have a go at: Thursday 23rd July: Lichfield’s first museum: Cabinets of Curiosity. How would you fill your cabinet? Thursday 30th July: Georgian Science: Halley’s Comet returns as predicted! Make a “comet” to hang in your bedroom. Thursday 6th August: A Voyage round the World: Captain Cook and his journeys to the islands of the Pacific during the 1700s. Make a sea horse and a parrot mask. Thursday 13th August: Lichfield Cathedral. Make a stained glass window to put on your bedroom window. Thursday 20th August: Dr Johnson and his teapot: Make a decorated teapot just like Samuel Johnson’s. Thursday 27th August: Animals. Make puppet animals to take home. £2 per child for the craft activity, accompanying adults free. Booking is not essential, drop-ins welcome. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Entrance to the Museum is free and we have lots of fun free activities including quill pen writing, colouring-in, and costume to try on.

Thu 13 Aug12:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Arts & CultureChildren & Family

Around £2

Summer Family Craft Activity

Join us between 11am and 1pm for a hands-on family craft activity. Each week we’ll have a new craft activity to have a go at: Thursday 23rd July: Lichfield’s first museum: Cabinets of Curiosity. How would you fill your cabinet? Thursday 30th July: Georgian Science: Halley’s Comet returns as predicted! Make a “comet” to hang in your bedroom. Thursday 6th August: A Voyage round the World: Captain Cook and his journeys to the islands of the Pacific during the 1700s. Make a sea horse and a parrot mask. Thursday 13th August: Lichfield Cathedral. Make a stained glass window to put on your bedroom window. Thursday 20th August: Dr Johnson and his teapot: Make a decorated teapot just like Samuel Johnson’s. Thursday 27th August: Animals. Make puppet animals to take home. £2 per child for the craft activity, accompanying adults free. Booking is not essential, drop-ins welcome. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Entrance to the Museum is free and we have lots of fun free activities including quill pen writing, colouring-in, and costume to try on.

Thu 20 Aug12:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Arts & CultureChildren & Family

Around £2

Summer Family Craft Activity

Join us between 11am and 1pm for a hands-on family craft activity. Each week we’ll have a new craft activity to have a go at: Thursday 23rd July: Lichfield’s first museum: Cabinets of Curiosity. How would you fill your cabinet? Thursday 30th July: Georgian Science: Halley’s Comet returns as predicted! Make a “comet” to hang in your bedroom. Thursday 6th August: A Voyage round the World: Captain Cook and his journeys to the islands of the Pacific during the 1700s. Make a sea horse and a parrot mask. Thursday 13th August: Lichfield Cathedral. Make a stained glass window to put on your bedroom window. Thursday 20th August: Dr Johnson and his teapot: Make a decorated teapot just like Samuel Johnson’s. Thursday 27th August: Animals. Make puppet animals to take home. £2 per child for the craft activity, accompanying adults free. Booking is not essential, drop-ins welcome. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Entrance to the Museum is free and we have lots of fun free activities including quill pen writing, colouring-in, and costume to try on.

Thu 27 Aug12:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Likely freeHistory & Heritage

Heritage Open Days Guided Tour

For this year’s Heritage Open Days, why not enjoy a free guided tour of the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum? Led by our knowledgeable guides, find out about the life and work of Dr Samuel Johnson and explore the family home where he grew up. Tickets are free. Booking is essential as spaces are limited. Tickets can be booked via our Eventbrite page, in person in the Bookshop, or by ringing . If you’ve booked on to this event and can no longer attend, please contact us as soon as possible. Please be aware that the Museum is a Grade I listed building with many steps, and regrettably wheelchair access is not available.

Fri 11 Sept15:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Community

Birthplace Writing Group

Free friendly and informal writing group; new members welcome. If you’d like to find out more please visit the Writing Group’s website (external link). Please (during opening hours), email , or pop in and enquire about availability at the museum’s bookshop.

Sat 12 Sept15:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Community

Samuel Johnson's 317th Birthday Celebrations

Join us in celebrating Samuel Johnson’s 317th birthday and the 125th anniversary of the Birthplace Museum. Mark the occasion with a slice of cake and enjoy a day filled with free activities for all ages. Step back in time with engaging living-history demonstrations, where you can meet costumed characters from the past, including a Georgian cook showcasing what people ate in the 1700s. Watch a skilled calligrapher at work, then try your own hand with quill and ink in our Workroom, or explore the museum with our fun family trail.

Sat 19 Sept11:30The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Community

Birthplace Writing Group

Free friendly and informal writing group; new members welcome. If you’d like to find out more please visit the Writing Group’s website (external link). Please (during opening hours), email , or pop in and enquire about availability at the museum’s bookshop.

Sat 10 Oct15:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Arts & CultureChildren & Family

Around £2

Spooky Family Craft Activity

Join us between 11am and 1pm for a hands-on family craft activity. £2 per child for the craft activity, accompanying adults free. Booking is not essential, drop-ins welcome. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Entrance to the Museum is free and we have lots of fun free activities including quill pen writing, colouring-in, and costume to try on.

Thu 29 Oct11:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Likely freeCommunity

Meet the Barber Surgeon

Come and meet the 18th – century Barber Surgeon! Find out about his medicine and cures from the past. Hear how herbs, leeches, and frogs were used to treat the sick. See his gruesome tools of the trade and hear about bloodletting and amputation! This is a fun free event, suitable for families, booking not essential. Entrance to the Museum is free, donations are most welcome. Meet the Barber Surgeon 10.30am-4.00pm. Museum and Bookshop open 10.30am-4.30pm.

Sat 31 Oct10:30The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Community

Birthplace Writing Group

Free friendly and informal writing group; new members welcome. If you’d like to find out more please visit the Writing Group’s website (external link). Please (during opening hours), email , or pop in and enquire about availability at the museum’s bookshop.

Sat 14 Nov14:00The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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History & HeritageTalks & Lectures

Around £14

Christmases Past: Discover the Surprising History of Christmas in Britain

Join us for a festive evening with popular guest speaker Sheelagh James, as she delves into the fascinating ways the British have celebrated, and sometimes skipped, Christmas over the centuries. From kissing boughs and Christmas crackers to mistletoe, yule logs, mince pies, and the arrival of the Christmas tree, explore how traditions evolved, disappeared, and re-emerged to shape the season we know today. It’s the perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit! Tickets include a glass of wine or soft drink, plus a delicious mince pie. Tickets cost £14 per person. Pre-booking is essential, spaces are limited. Tickets can be booked in person in our Bookshop, or by calling us on . Tickets will be available to purchase online from July. Doors open from 6:30pm-7:00pm, a complimentary drink is served on arrival. Doors close at 7:00pm. As we’re a small team, latecomers may not be admitted. Tickets are non-refundable. Please note – this event is not suitable for children under the age of 14. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. The event will be held on the first floor of the museum, accessible only by stairs. Due to the building’s Grade I listed status, we are unable to install a lift or ramp, widen doorways, or modify the handrails. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Wed 25 Nov18:30The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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