Donate to make a difference

Our Sandford Award-winning schools programme engages over 10,000 students each year, through both in-person visits to the museum as well as remote live-stream sessions.

Read more about our schools programme below:

We want to preserve the priceless treasure of 1000s of handwritten pages of amazing archive material. These include the first ever appearances of Wonka, Matilda and the BFG.

Your donation will help us to care for over 100 boxes of irreplaceable material from throughout Roald Dahl’s life and beyond.

Read more about the archive below:

We care for the delicate magic of Roald’s Writing Hut to keep sharing it with our visitors now and in the future. We’ve preserved the Writing Hut in its original state for you to peer inside the wonder of Roald Dahl’s working environment.

Your generosity allows us to welcome schools from all backgrounds, as well as offer discounted tickets for those families receiving Universal Credit.

Provide splendiferous supplies for our visitors to channel their creativity

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Help look after Roald Dahl’s flushbunking first draft of Matilda for future generations

Pay for a shiny golden ticket for someone to visit who otherwise wouldn’t be able to

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Help us develop a gloriumptious gallery activity to supercharge creativity in the next generation

Help subsidise a spliffling livestream learning session to inspire up to 35 children

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Help us to care for over 100 boxes of priceless archive material, preserving it for future generations to learn from

Pay for a phizz-wizzing SEND Explorer Bag to give more visitors an opportunity to enjoy themselves

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Help protect and display the BFG’s giganticus sandals for visitors now and in the future

Help us to run more Explore Your Way Days for SEND visitors and their families

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Care for the delicate delights of Roald Dahl’s writing hut to keep sharing it with the world