Alice's day

One golden afternoon on 4th July 1862 Charles Dodgson, an Oxford don, took Alice Liddell and her sisters on a boating picnic up the River Thames from Folly Bridge in Oxford. To amuse the children he told them a story about a little girl, sitting bored by a riverbank, who finds herself tumbling down a rabbit hole into a topsy-turvy world called Wonderland.

The story so delighted the 10-year-old Alice that she begged him to write it down. The result was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland which was published in 1865 under the pen name Lewis Carroll and became one of the best-loved children’s books ever written.

The Story Museum is proud to coordinate Alice’s Day, an annual day of frabjous family fun, in more than dozen world-class venues as Oxford turns into Wonderland to celebrate this important happening for children and their stories.

Alice’s Day 2010 took place on 10^th July and thousands of children and adults enjoyed colourful theatre, talks, activities and exhibitions across the city.

You can still follow a Wonderland trail at the Museum of History of Science and see their mad Hatter’s tea party exhibition throughout July and visit the Museum of Oxford’s Wonderland Imagined exhibition until September.

And later in the year, you'll be able to see Alice in Wonderland by Neil Duffield in venues around Oxfordshire.

The next Alice’s day is in the planning for 9^th July 2011 so please put the date in your diary now, and if you’d like to contribute to this city celebration, contact Esther.

You can also see previous Alice events click here, or go to our Alice picture gallery. Photos from Alice's day 2010 will be posted shortly.