Holmes and Watson, having made their debut in Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet in 1887, were famous enough by 1891 for Doyle’s friend JM Barrie to publish the first of several Sherlock skits.
The museum opened in 1991 on the 100th death anniversary of Sherlock Holmes in the basement of the old English church in the center of the village of Meiringen. Holmes fans will find numerous objects ...