About the collection The Charterhouse collections help tell our story which stretches over seven centuries. While the archive records for Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse are held with the London Archive, we care for a collection of 2000 objects at the Charterhouse.
Object highlights Find out more about some of the key objects from our collection at the Charterhouse, some of which are currently on display.
Thackeray collection William Makepeace Thackeray started as a pupil at Charterhouse school in 1822, and visited the almshouse later in life. Explore our collection of books and journals, sketches and letters by the author and his eldest daughter Anne Thackeray Ritchie.
Family history The Charterhouse has been home to monks, nobility, staff, schoolboys, and almshouse residents for over 650 years. Do you have a Charterhouse connection in your family tree…?