"Funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will support the conservation and reopening of the original dock from Court No.2 at Bow Street Magistrates' Court - the place where Wilde appeared following his arrest in April 1895, ahead of his trial at the Old Bailey for "gross indecency". His prosecution and imprisonment would become one of the most notorious legal cases of the Victorian era, symbolising the criminalisation of same-sex relationships in Britain."
"The restoration, which will be carried out by the Bow Street Museum of Crime and Justice, forms the centrepiece of a new project, Echoes from the Dock. Conservation work will take place on site at the museum, with visitors able to see the dock being preserved in real time. Once complete, the project will also enable physical access to the dock itself, allowing the public to once again stand in the same place as Wilde and others who faced the magistrates passing judgment on them."
National Lottery Heritage Fund support will conserve and reopen the dock at Bow Street Magistrates' Court where Oscar Wilde appeared after his April 1895 arrest ahead of his Old Bailey trial for "gross indecency". The Bow Street Museum of Crime and Justice will lead the restoration as the centrepiece of Echoes from the Dock. Conservation work will occur on site with visitors able to watch preservation in real time. Once complete, the project will allow public access to stand where Wilde and other defendants stood. An accompanying exhibition, developed with LGBTQ+ partners, will examine changes in laws, attitudes and lived experiences since the late nineteenth century.
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