A place in London
The Museum Tavern
The real place behind the one in the story.
The Museum Tavern49 Great Russell StreetThe pub opposite the British Museum, often taken as the model for the Alpha Inn of The Blue Carbuncle.
Our footfalls rang out crisply and loudly as we swung through the doctors' quarter, Wimpole Street, Harley Street, and so through Wigmore Street into Oxford Street.
Visiting today
Still a pub, open to anyone, across the road from the British Museum's main gate. Nearest stations: Tottenham Court Road and Holborn.
