Nursery World - JM Barrie's childhood home to open as Scotland's new storytelling centre

A new children’s literature hub will open in the house and garden that inspired the Peter Pan author as a child.

Scotland’s first National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling will open at Moat Brae House on 1 June.

The Georgian property in Dumfries, where the young JM Barrie and his friends played the games that inspired the author to write Peter Pan, was saved from demolition 10 years ago.

Organisations including the National Lottery Heritage Fund, VisitScotland, Historic Environment Scotland and Creative Scotland helped raise £8.5m to restore the house and grounds.

Moat Brae, which JM Barrie referred to as ‘enchanted land’, will stage a variety of events and educational programmes.

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The newly-restored Moat Brae House PHOTO: Dumfries academy and Dumfries museum and archives

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