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New exhibition explores the world of children’s literature at The Museum of Childhood
Growing Up with Books, Museum of Childhood, 1st June – 9th December 2018, Free Entry
From the never-ending adventures of Peter Pan, shipwrecked tales from Robinson Crusoe to mysterious personal insights and hidden messages from previous book owners, Growing Up with Books will chart a magical journey through centuries of children’s books. The new exhibition which opens on 1st June at The Museum of Childhood, will provide a free shared experience for children and adults to recount and discover those timeless tales which first prompted a lifelong love of reading and inspire a new generation to discover the many wonders waiting to be discovered through children’s books.
The exhibition has been developed over the course of a two year project through a collaboration between Scotland’s Early Literature for Children Initiative (SELCIE) at the University of Edinburgh and the Museum of Childhood, focusing on the many hundreds of books which have been donated to the museum over the years. Growing Up with Books will include a selection of the 15,000 books in the Museum collection, from the 18th Century through to the 20th Century, featuring some well-known and much loved characters and tales, as well as many new discoveries, including personal messages from those who have previously owned and loved the books.
The new exhibition which is free to enter, will provide residents and visitors to Edinburgh of all ages to enter into a world of books and stories, discovering (or rediscovering) a lifelong imaginative journey. Curated into five themes: Learning to Read, Worlds of Knowledge, Shaping Identities, Worlds of Imagination and The Lives of Children’s Books, visitors will be taken on a journey through the various wonders which lie in wait behind the pages of th

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