Things to Do
Check out our Holmes-related things to do!
- Write the first chapter - or a complete! - detective novel… (Send us any efforts here.)
- Join a Sherlock Holmes society. The Sherlock Holmes Society of London, for example, welcomes over-16s and there are societies scattered all over the world. Details of the Sherlock Holmes International Society are available on the Sherlock Holmes Museum website. See the Sherlock Holmes Places to Go ideas under our What Next? section.
- Holmes once told Watson cryptically about the "giant rat of
Sumatra". The terrible truth about the creature, Holmes said, was one
"for which the world is not yet prepared"… Try writing about your image of this scary giant rat, or drawing a picture - and send us your creations here
- Write a letter to Holmes at 221b Baker Street, the address of the Sherlock Holmes Museum.
- Watch one of the many films and TV series about the famous detective, or one of its many successors.
