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The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is a
museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
in the village of
Great Missenden Great Missenden is an affluent village with approximately 2,000 residents in the Misbourne Valley in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England, situated between the towns of Amersham and Wendover, with direct rail connections to London Mar ...
in Buckinghamshire, England. Children's and short story writer Roald Dahl lived in the village in
Gipsy House Gipsy House (formerly Little Whitefield) is a house in the village of Great Missenden in the English county of Buckinghamshire. It was the home of the writer Roald Dahl and his family for several decades. The house is situated on Whitefield Lane ...
for 36 years until his death in 1990.


Overview

The
museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
was officially opened on 10 June 2005 by
Cherie Blair Cherie, Lady Blair, (; born 23 September 1954), also known professionally as Cherie Booth, is an English barrister and writer. She is married to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Tony Blair. Early life and education Booth ...
and open to the public on 11 June 2005. It is housed in an old coaching inn and yard, which has been converted into a museum at a cost of £4.5 million. Funding was provided by the Dahl family, Dahl's publishers, charitable foundations and corporate and private donors. The museum houses all of Dahl's main papers: his manuscripts, business and personal correspondence and his "Ideas Books". It also offers regular workshops and hosts events that help to enhance creativity and writing skills. It is run by an independent registered charity. In 2008 the museum won the "Best Small Visitor Attraction" award from
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, the website of the country's official tourist board.


See also

* Roald Dahl Children's Gallery – part of the Buckinghamshire County Museum in Aylesbury *
Seven Stories Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books is a museum and visitor centre dedicated to children's literature and based in the Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, close to the city's regenerated Quayside. The renovated Victorian ...
– a museum and visitor centre in Newcastle upon Tyne dedicated to children's literature * The Story Museum – a museum based at Rochester House, Pembroke Street in Oxford


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roald Dahl Museum And Story Centre 2005 establishments in England Dahl, Roald, Museum and Story Centre British children's literature Charities based in Buckinghamshire Great Missenden Literary museums in England Museums established in 2005 Museums in Buckinghamshire Roald Dahl