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David Gibb holding a guitar

David Gibb's Family Jukebox

17 May 2025 - 17 May 2025
Performances
Suitable for Early years
Easter Holidays
Man jumping clock

Story Explorers: Time Travel

08 Apr 2025 - 10 Apr 2025
Courses
Suitable for Children
A different story every month
Fish puppet

Suitcase stories

12 Apr 2025 - 12 Jul 2025
Performances
Suitable for Early years
Access-friendly
Snow white with seven dogs

Sensory Suitcase Stories: Snow White and the Seven Dogs

12 Apr 2025
Performances
Suitable for Families
Fairytales for Grown-ups
A storyteller

Fairytales for Grown-ups: The Homing Stone

24 Apr 2025
Performances
Suitable for Adults
FREE but must be booked
Illustration by JRR Tolkien of dragons

Tolkien on Dragons

26 Apr 2025 - 26 Apr 2025
Talks
Suitable for Families

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

Discover a magical world of stories...

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Explore The MuseumThe Treasure Chamber

Here Be Dragons Co-curated by Cressida Cowell and Toothless

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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 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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The Portal
The Whispering Wood
The Enchanted Library
The Treasure Chamber
Small Worlds
City of Stories
The Woodshed
“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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Open Today 10.00am to 4.30pm View All Opening Hours
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