Words & Pictures Museum
Coordinates: 42°18′N 72°36′W / 42.3°N 72.6°W / 42.3; -72.6
The Words & Pictures Museum of Fine Sequential Art (aka Words & Pictures Museum) was an art museum in Northampton, Massachusetts devoted to exhibitions of narrative art, cartoons, comic books and graphic novels. The Museum's collection at one point numbered 20,000 original works from hundreds of artists including Simon Bisley, Vaughn Bode, Robert Crumb, Richard Corben, Frank Frazetta, Jaime Hernandez, Jack Kirby, George Pratt, Dave McKean, Frank Miller, Jon Muth, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Gilbert Shelton.
The Museum was founded by artist Kevin Eastman, creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and existed from 1992 to 1999. In late 1994, the Museum moved into a state-of-the-art 4 floor facility in downtown Northampton which it occupied until its closing. After the closure of the physical exhibition space, the Museum's outreach program moved online in the form of the Virtual Words & Pictures Museum, and featured online educational exhibits and research directories.
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