Featuring world-class loans and never-before-seen objects, the exhibition promises to delve into the mind of Sherlock Holmes, and transport visitors to Victorian London – the backdrop for Conan Doyle’s most famous literary invention.

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Here, we bring you some of the highlights:

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Sidney Paget [British illustrator whose works accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand magazine] September 1893, engraving: 'The Adventure of the Greek interpreter', Strand Magazine © Museum of London

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Sherlock Holmes cover 1903 first edition, published in New York © Museum of London

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Sherlock Holmes exhibition objects © Museum of London

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George Washington Wilson, A View of the Strand, looking west c1890 © Museum of London

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Sidney Paget, 'Holmes Was Working Hard Over a Chemical Investigation', illustration for The Naval Treaty © Museum of London

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Carte de visite, Arthur Conan Doyle, New York, undated © Museum of London

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Black and cream pipe © Museum of London

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Sidney Paget, December 1893, 'The Adventure of the Final Problem', Strand Magazine © Museum of London

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Benedict Cumberbatch in Belstaff coat, photograph by Colin Hutton © Hartswood Films

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