The Story Museum

The Story Museum is an educational charity in England that plans to establish a museum of the same name in Oxford, to celebrate and promote children's literature.^[1]

Writers and illustrators associated with the project include Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson and Korky Paul.

Until premises are completed, the museum operates as a "virtual museum" through its website and outreach programmes in schools and communities.

In November 2009 it was announced that the museum would move to premises at Rochester House in Pembroke Street, following a gift of £2.5m from a private donor.^[2]

A public campaign will be launched in 2010 to raise £11m needed to transform the building, with the aim of attracting up to 100,000 visitors a year. The team behind the project hopes that the Story Museum will be ready in time for Oxford's bid to become Unesco's World Book Capital in 2014.

The Story Museum will be a world centre for story and storytelling. Its vision is to create a story-rich society, in which children enjoy sharing and learning through stories and storytelling in many forms. It aims to inspire and educate through:

Persuasion: convincing adults how vital stories are
Example: showing 1001 inspiring ways to learn, through stories
Support: sharing the skills and resources to make this possible

References

^ The Story Museum, Registered Charity no. 1107809 at the Charity Commission
^ News: Story Museum gets anonymous gift to buy permanent home in Oxford, Oxford Inspires, 19 November 2009.

External links

The Story Museum website

Museums and galleries in Oxfordshire

City of Oxford	Ashmolean Museum Bate Collection of Musical Instruments Christ Church Picture Gallery Modern Art Oxford Museum of the History of Science Museum of Oxford Oxford University Press Museum Oxford Botanic Gardens Oxford Castle Oxford University Museum of Natural History Pitt Rivers Museum Science Oxford

Region	Abingdon County Hall Museum Ashdown House Bambury Museum Benson Veteran Cycle Museum Blenheim Palace Bloxham Village Museum Broughton Castle Buscot Park Bygones Museum Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred Charlbury Museum Chastleton House Chipping Norton Museum Churchill and Sarsden Heritage Centre Cogges Manor Farm Museum Combe Mill Didcot Railway Centre Dorchester Abbey Museum Greys Court Hook Norton Brewery Museum Hook Norton Village Museum Kelmscott Manor Mapledurham House Mapledurham Watermill Oxford Bus Museum Oxfordshire Museums Resource Centre Oxfordshire Museum Pendon Museum Project Timescape River and Rowing Museum Soldiers of Oxfordshire Research Centre Stonor Park Swalcliffe Barn Swinford Museum Thame Museum Tolsey Museum Tom Brown's School Museum Vale and Downland Museum Wallingford Museum Waterperry Museum of Rural Life Witney and District Museum

The Story Museum

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