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Seven Stories - The National Centre for Children's Books

Name: Seven Stories - The National Centre for Children's Books
Address: 30 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ, Heaton, GB
Telephone: 0300 330 1095

The UK's national museum dedicated to children's books, in a converted Victorian warehouse in the Ouseburn Valley. Interactive family exhibitions, a bookshop, events and a nationally significant archive.

30 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ 0300 330 1095 Visit website @7stories

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