Seven Stories, Children's literature museum in Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Seven Stories is a museum dedicated to children's literature, housed in a seven-story renovated Victorian mill in the Ouseburn area. The building displays original manuscripts, hand-drawn illustrations, and correspondence from well-known British authors and artists.
The museum opened in 2005 to preserve and celebrate children's literature, transforming a former textile mill into a cultural space. This conversion reflected growing interest in safeguarding literary heritage and artistic works from the past.
The place celebrates how children's books shaped British culture and continue to connect readers across generations. You can see how authors and illustrators created their worlds and why their stories mattered to young readers.
Visitors can explore rotating exhibitions spread across multiple floors and browse the bookshop featuring works for young readers. The space regularly hosts storytelling sessions and interactive events that bring the collections and rooms to life.
The museum holds Britain's largest collection of original manuscripts and illustrations from children's authors, spanning from the 1930s to today. These works reveal the artistic growth and personal creative methods of authors whose books shaped generations of young readers.
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