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The Arthur Conan Doyle Richard Lancelyn Green Collection is split into 3 parts:
Each are housed separately in Portsmouth. Archives and Books are housed at the Central Library while objects are housed at Portsmouth Museum.
Many items have been catalogued and are, increasingly, being added to this website.
The 'Study in Scarlet' exhibition and the 'You Don't Know Sherlock Holmes Yet' exhibition is on display at Portsmouth Museum.
Portsmouth Museum address:
Portsmouth Museum
Museum Road
Portsmouth
PO1 2LJ
Open Tuesday - Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays
April-September 10am-5.30pm.
October-March 10am-5pm
Closed: Mondays (except Bank Holiday Mondays)
Closed: 24-26 December and 1st January
For information email vis@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or call 023 9282 7261.
Last admission 30 minutes before closing time.
Museum shop closes 15 minutes before closing time.
Free access to all.
Central Library address:
Portsmouth City Council
Guildhall Square
Portsmouth
PO1 2DX
Email: lending.library@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
Phone: 023 9281 9311
Opening hours:
Monday - 9.30am to 5pm
Tuesday - 9.30am to 6pm
Wednesday - 9.30am to 6pm
Thursday - 9.30am to 6pm
Friday - 9.30am to 5pm
Saturday - 10am to 3.30pm
Sunday - Closed
Explore the collection
Photo of Arthur Conan Doyle in Tangiers
Taken during the Lunn excursion to Northern Africa (June 2015)
Arthur Conan Doyle dressed as a Viking
Arthur Conan Doyle dressed as a Viking for his fancy dress ball.
Dancer Disguise from To Catch a Thief workshop
Curly-haired dancer in a pink feather boa is trying to discover the killer of her fellow-dancer,…
Conan Doyle riding a donkey
Photograph of Arthur Conan Doyle seated on a donkey with his wife Jean on a camel in Eygpt.
Arthur Conan Doyle standing by Innes Conan Doyle's grave
Image of Arthur Conan Doyle standing by Innes Conan Doyle's grave (February 2016)
Elsie being offered a posy
Image of Elsie Wright being offered a posy of harebells by a fairy - the fourth photograph in the…
Letter to Dennis Percy Conan Doyle
The letter was written in September 1923 when Dennis started at Tonbridge School in Kent.…
Photo of Arthur Conan Doyle at the Langman Field Hospital
Arthur Conan Doyle visiting staff and patients during the Boer War (December 2014)
The Spiritualism Debate
Regarding his strong beliefs, Doyle and Joseph McCabe staged a public debate over their opinions.…
Photo of Jeremy Brett
Jeremy Brett played Sherlock Holmes in ITV's television series which ran from 1984-1994.
Setting up the Exhibition
The tricky task of finding the right place for each item on the stand
Photograph of Beeton’s Christmas Annual 1887
The Study in Scarlet published in 1887 .(December 2012)

- 1Photograph of a finished mask
- 2Photo of Arthur Conan Doyle in Tangiers
- 3Arthur Conan Doyle dressed as a Viking
- 4Photograph of Conan Doyle playing tennis
- 5Dancer Disguise from To Catch a Thief workshop
- 6Photograph of Arthur Conan Doyle playing golf
- 7Conan Doyle riding a donkey
- 8Arthur Conan Doyle standing by Innes Conan Doyle's grave
- 9Baker Street Post Box Insert
- 10Elsie being offered a posy
- 11Letter to Dennis Percy Conan Doyle
- 12Photo of Arthur Conan Doyle at the Langman Field Hospital
- 13The Spiritualism Debate
- 14Choosing items for the Exhibition
- 15Photograph of a fingerprinted animals
- 16Photo of Jeremy Brett
- 17Setting up the Exhibition
- 18Photograph of Beeton’s Christmas Annual 1887
