Make sure you set your watches this summer as Alice’s Day is back, and this year’s theme is Time! The annual citywide celebration of all things Alice in Wonderland will take place on Saturday 6 July and will see Oxford city centre come to life with music, theatre, dance and storytelling.

The one day festival, which is coordinated by The Story Museum, involves multiple venues across Oxford taking including The University Museum of Natural History, The Ashmolean, Blackwells Bookshop, Oxfordshire Central Library, Alice’s Shop, The Museum of History of Science, The Museum of Oxford, the Botanic Gardens, Christ Church and the Bodleian Library

Visitors to Oxford won’t need to look hard to find the action, with giant White Rabbits making their way round the city centre, the Queen of Hearts riding her Dodo across the lawn of the Natural History Museum and a special White Rabbit trail taking place in Oxford’s historic covered market.

2019 is a year of transformation for The Story Museum as we continue to redevelop the museum ready to be reopened to the public in Spring 2020. It goes without saying that there will be a home for Alice and her friends in the newly transformed museum, with a special Alice In Wonderland interactive exhibition. Other highlights of the new museum will include a 120-seat purpose built theatre, a Whispering Wood, an Enchanted Library, and a dedicated early year’s space entitled Small Worlds. For those who cannot possibly wait until Spring 2020, Alice’s Day is the perfect chance to get a taste of the magic that is yet to come – but remember – don’t be late!