Looking after our library
At the Birthplace, like many museums, the majority of our conservation is preventative: the daily actions which ensure that things … Read More
Johnson’s Life and Literature
Johnson’s Dense Style
This month on our blog author Wayne Jones explores perceptions about Johnson’s writing style and gives a preview of his … Read More
Picture in Focus: Gilbert Walmsley by William Hoare
This week our research volunteer Annemarie Powell takes a close look at our pastel portrait of Johnson’s childhood mentor. Here … Read More
The Notorious George Psalmanazar: Samuel Johnson’s Unlikely Friend
When Samuel Johnson left Lichfield in 1737, aged 28, to seek his fortune as a writer in London, he faced … Read More
Imagination and Reality: Johnson and the use of travelling
Nicola Young explores Johnson’s attitude to travel, using many of his own words, in a piece about her current display. … Read More
Thomas Percy, Samuel Johnson and the Revival of Arthurian Romance
In today’s blog post, Keele University MA student Amy Louise Blaney shares her research, including the surprising link between Johnson … Read More
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
Samuel Johnson & Women’s Education
Amongst Samuel Johnson’s vast literary output were essays in which he addressed many of his concerns about the society in … Read More
The Admirable Alphabet of Dr. Johnson’s Definitive Dictionary
You may have seen our Facebook post about the introduction of Scottish artist Joe Waterfield’s work into the Samuel Johnson … Read More
Molly Aston
The Johnson Birthplace Museum holds a letter (2001.94) dated 21 March 1752 in which “Mary Aston” writes to an unidentified … Read More