The Roald Dahl Museum will celebrate its tenth birthday with a huge birthday bash this weekend.

The popular museum, in High Street, Great Missenden, is hosting a day full of fun, mischief and cake to celebrate ten years since it was opened.

Visitors can go on a Birthday Candle Trail through the galleries, whizz through their favourite Roald Dahl stories in the epic 10 Books in 10 Minutes performance, explore Great Missenden on a Guided Village Trail and join in with a terrific Top Ten Talk in Roald Dahl’s Writing Hut.

Brave guests can attend Miss Trunchbull’s assembly in the courtyard at midday, or introduce themselves to Miss Honey or Bruce Bogtrotter instead and enjoy a slice of Café Twit’s giant birthday Bogtrotter Cake.

Buzzwangling Birthday Games sessions throughout the day will include Trunchbull’s Footsteps, Bruce’s Balloon Games and Mrs Wormwood’s Bingo and some crafts events and visitors can also take a look inside the archive store and find out about the Museum’s Top Ten Archive Treasures.

The day-long celebration marks a decade since the centre was officially opened on 10 June, 2005 by Cherie Blair.

Great Missenden was home to the award-winning storyteller for 36 years until his death in 1990, after moving there from Manhattan in 1954.

He wrote all of his much-loved children’s stories in a writing hut in his garden and many of them are set in and around the village.

After the writer’s death, his wife Felicity searched for the ideal place to house his collection of manuscripts, photographs, letters and idea books, and found the perfect location for the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden High Street.

After nine years of gathering support and funds, the museum was finally opened in 2005 and has proved popular with thousands of young children and parents alike.

The special celebration day will coincide with Great Missenden’s Village Fayre, which includes a picnic in the park on the Buryfield, very close by and a Beer festival at the Cross Keys.

Visit www.roalddahl.com/museum for more information.