A Lesson in Book History & Eighteenth-Century Bookmaking
The museum recently welcomed sixth-form students from King Edward VI School in Lichfield to an Eighteenth-Century Textual Studies workshop, run … Read More
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes: Samuel Johnson at the Lichfield Literature Festival
The weekend of 09 and 10 March 2019 saw a flurry of activity in Lichfield as the Samuel Johnson Birthplace … Read More
Behind The Scenes: How Research at the Samuel Johnson Helped Launch the First Book on Reverend Petit
The story of an important and overlooked Lichfield Victorian, the Reverend John Louis Petit, is to be told in a … Read More
How Johnson Created His Dictionary: The Important Role of His Amanuenses
Emma Bown, a student at the University of Birmingham, recently completed a placement at the Birthplace Museum. Here she shares … Read More
Welcome to the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Blog
Hello and welcome to the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Blog! The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum has been a cornerstone of Lichfield … Read More