The Cartoon Museum is a London museum for British cartoons, caricatures, comic strips and animation. It has a library of over 5000 books and 4,000 comics relating to the subject. The museum issues catalogues and features a changing display of over 250 exhibits from its collection of over 1700 original cartoons and prints.
Curator Anita O'Brien noted, "There has never been a cartoon museum ... In spite of the very strong historical tradition here, there has always been a very strong ambivalence towards comic art." It was opened February 23, 2006 by the Duke of Edinburgh.
In its mission statement, the museum declares it is "dedicated to preserving the best of British cartoons, caricatures, comics and animation, and to establishing a museum with a gallery, archives and innovative exhibitions to make the creativity of cartoon art past and present, accessible to all for the purposes of education, research and enjoyment."
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