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REOPENING 4 APRIL 2020

We can't wait to welcome you back to our fully transformed, magical museum of stories!

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FREE - no booking required
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Story Bites

7 Nov - 20 Dec 2019
Performances
Suitable for Early years

Explore The MuseumThe Portal

Begin your adventure in the Portal, our information bureau for travellers between story worlds. Here our friendly Story Guides will help you plan your journey through the fictional universe.

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Explore The MuseumThe Whispering Wood

Enter a mysterious indoor forest where every tree has a story to tell and a secret to reveal.

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Explore The MuseumThe Enchanted Library

Experience a library like no other. Where else can you wander between the shelves and find yourself inside a story?

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Explore The MuseumSmall Worlds

Welcome to a patchwork land of picture books, nursery rhymes and traditional tales for the very young.

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Explore The MuseumThe Treasure Chamber

Our exciting new exhibition space will host touring exhibitions and visiting treasures.

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Explore The MuseumCity of Stories

Board our fantastical Story Craft and fly through a thousand years of Oxford’s story history, from ancient myths and legends to classics of children’s literature enjoyed across the world.

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Explore The MuseumThe Woodshed

The Story Museum’s studio theatre allows audiences of all ages to experience the pleasure of story and the power of live performance.

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Explore The MuseumThe Café

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The Portal
The Whispering Wood
The Enchanted Library
Small Worlds
The Treasure Chamber
City of Stories
The Woodshed
The Café
“We had an amazing time today at the Story Museum. It was incredible to see the appearance of pure joy on the children's faces; this is a wonderful sight!”
Visitor
"The Story Museum is like the little door Alice comes across in the wall. Boring reality on one side. Fantastic magic on the other. "
Visitor
"Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories we wouldn’t be human beings at all."
Philip Pullman, patron

The Story Museum

42 Pembroke Street,
Oxford
OX1 1BP
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