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Seven Stories

Temporarily closed

Tyne And Wear

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Seven Stories, Newcastle


Seven Stories is temporarily closed until further notice. Please check the venue's website for the latest details.

Since it opened in 2005, Seven Stories has been Britain's national gallery and archive of children's literature and art.

Housed in a seven storey, Grade II listed Victorian warehouse, it celebrates the role of books in childhood and the place of children's literature in British culture.


Permanent collection

Seven Stories is home to a national collection of manuscripts and original illustrations by some of the UK's finest authors and children's illustrators, including work by Jacqueline Wilson, Terry Jones, Philip Pullman and Quentin Blake. Its collection of original typescripts by Enid Blyton is the largest collection of her work in the world.

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Seven Stories

30 Lime Street, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 2PQ

03003 301095

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Opening times

Temporarily closed

With a National Art Pass you get

Free entry
£7.70
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Exhibitions nearby

Temporarily closed
Designs for Midland Hotel, Morecombe, Oliver Hill & John Dean Monroe Harvey Drawing, 1932

Art Deco by the Sea

  • Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne
  • Until 27 February 2021
50% off exhibitions
Online
No. 429 Sfold, Rana Begum, 2013, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist; Sunderland Bridge under Construction, 1795, unknown artist, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Heritage At Heart

  • Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland
  • Until 31 March 2021
Free to all
10% off
Temporarily closed
Saxon Britain recreated

The Saxon Princess

  • Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar
  • Until 31 January 2022
Free to all

Art we’ve helped buy at Seven Stories

Set of original illustrations for 'The Little Train' by Graham Greene
 Acquired 2011

A set of illustrations for Graham Greene's The Little Train by artist Edward Ardizzone is a complete set of watercolours by one of the most important and influential illustrators of the 20th century. The set joins a group of illustrations by Dorothy Craigie, Greene's mistress, for the first edition of the book, giving visitors a fascinating opportunity to compare two artists' approaches to the same subject.

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