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Arthur Conan Doyle Collection
Housed in a newly refurbished and specially designed gallery, the 'Study in Sherlock' Exhibition opened in June 2007 at the City Museum. The exhibition is open from 10am – 5.30pm, Monday to Sunday and admission is free.
The extraordinary collection – including a tantalising glimpse of how the fictional sleuth was named – was donated to Portsmouth by the writer and collector Richard Lancelyn Green's family following his death in 2004. A leading Sherlock Holmes specialist and Arthur Conan Doyle scholar, Richard Lancelyn Green's collection spans over 40,000 items, archives and artefacts relating to Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, collected over 40 years.
The Conan Doyle exhibition has won the award for Best Artist / Exhibition in the annual Guide Awards sponsored by The News in November 2007.
Latest news
As part of the celebrations of the 150th birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a new 'Hound of the Baskervilles' display case will be opened in May 2009.
A city wide series of reading events based on The Lost World Read 2009 will explore this fascinating adventure tale in which a group of explorers set out on an expeditiion to South America to prove that deep in the jungle there is a forgotten world where dinosaurs still survive!
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If you need to contact the Conan Doyle Collection please call 023 9268 8447.
