The Story Museum was set up in 2003 to create a museum for children about children’s books and stories. The long-term aim is to build a museum in the centre of Oxford, where books and stories will be brought to life – through exhibitions and adventures, historic treasures and intriguing objects, story readings and story telling, creative workshops and holiday clubs, play spaces and reading areas as well as resources for parents, teachers and specialist researchers.
Although it may be several years before the real museum opens, a ‘virtual museum’ is available on the web, with writers, illustrators in ‘residence’ and storytellers, running Story Museum events and activities in schools, colleges, theatres, shops, tents, gardens, even in the street. And we are developing touring exhibitions.
More information at http://www.storymuseum.org.uk
