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Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery

British Library · London, United Kingdom · 30 Oct 2026 to 20 Jun 2027

Opening soonConfirmed , 7 weeks agoFrom the museum's own page

Immersive recreated settings, a country house, a WWI dispensary, an Orient Express carriage, frame Agatha Christie's life and detective fiction, with first-shown items including her 1937 typewriter, manuscripts and family photographs.

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