Terms of Use and Copyright Information

1. Using content from the Charles Dickens Museum Website and Collections Online site

Content on the Charles Dickens Museum website and Collections Online site is published for your enjoyment. You may freely access and store the majority of this content for personal or private use. Please respect the following Terms of Use which set out the use you can make of the website and its content.

Please note that the intellectual property rights in all content (including images, editorial or descriptive text, footage or any other media), featured within the website and selected social media platforms, is owned by the Charles Dickens Museum and other copyright owners as specified wherever possible.

2. Using content from the Charles Dickens Museum website and Collections online site for non-commercial purposes

Content in which the Charles Dickens Museum owns copyright (or related rights) may be used free of charge for non-commercial purposes.

The Charles Dickens Museum considers non-commercial use to be any use that is not intended for or directed towards commercial advantage of monetary compensation. Please see below for examples of non-commercial use of content which is permitted, except where other terms expressly apply:

Using Charles Dickens Museum owned content and works where copyright has expired for non-commercial research, private study, criticism and review, or for the purpose of teaching and instruction within an educational establishment.
Downloading Charles Dickens Museum copyright audiovisual content for non-commercial offline listening or viewing.
Embedding links to Charles Dickens Museum audiovisual content for non-commercial use, providing no Third Party content rights are infringed (please see section 6).
Any use covered by the Charles Dickens Museum's free online Collections Online resource (please see section 3)

For all uses, a sufficient acknowledgment must be made to the copyright holder of work.

Nothing in these terms restricts your right to use content where the use is covered by a copyright exception under the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. It is your responsibility to make sure you comply with the copyright exceptions before using in-copyright content. For further information, please refer to the UK Intellectual Property website.

3. Using content from the Charles Dickens Museum's Collections Online for non-commercial purposes

We aim to support and encourage the use of the Charles Dickens Museum's Collections Online resource. The museum considers the following as permitted non-commercial use of content which can be downloaded from the Collections Online site free of charge subject to the conditions described below:

Personal use of content for non-commercial research and private study.
Educational use of content for the purpose of teaching and instruction or by a student in course related work within an educational establishment.
Charities and non-profit organizations: one-time use of Content in print or electronic formats

The following conditions apply:

Images can be published in print at up to A5 size and digitally at a maximum 768 pixels along the longest side.
Publication uses are subject to our commercial conditions (see section 4).
The amount of Charles Dickens Museum content used must not exceed 25% of the total content used in your publication or project.
Images for use in exhibitions, displays and catalogues are subject to our commercial conditions (see section 4).
All images must be credited as follows: <A9> Charles Dickens Museum, London.

4. Using content from the Charles Dickens Museum for commercial use

If you wish to use content for any other purpose (i.e. for a use that is commercial or for a use not covered by the Collections Online terms and conditions), please contact us at info@dickensmuseum.com

Please note we are a commercial Image Library and we charge for our services. Fees will apply for any commercial use of Content, which includes but is not limited to the following:

Content for use in publications
Content for broadcast, commercial website and digital use
Content for use on book jackets, book covers and website home pages
Content for use in exhibition displays or catalogues
Content for use on any commercial products or packaging
Content for use in advertising, marketing and promotion
New photography of objects, digitization or re-scans of existing photography

For prices, further information, or to license an image, please contact info@dickensmuseum.com.

5. Crediting and use of Charles Dickens Museum branding

For any Charles Dickens Museum owned content, the following copyright credit line must be used, unless otherwise stated: ©, Charles Dickens Museum, London

Any use of the Charles Dickens Museum logo must be approved in advance by the museum, please contact info@dickensmuseum.com

The Charles Dickens Museum brand (including name and logo) may not be used to suggest any endorsement or approval by the museum of your use of content.

6. Third party content

The Charles Dickens Museum has made reasonable efforts to identify any content in which a third party owns copyright, and to secure permission for its use only by the Charles Dickens Museum. Therefore, it is your responsibility to secure any permission or consent required for your own use of such Third Party Content.

If you are not sure who owns the copyright in any Content you wish to use, please contact: info@dickensmuseum.com