Region: South
Florida
International Museum of Cartoon Art
Boca Raton, FL
Contact Information:
201 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432 Local
Phone: 561-391-2200
Fax: 561-391-2721
E-mail: correspondence@cartoon.org
Directions:
Located in the Mizner Park area of Boca
Raton, the Museum is one block north of Palmetto
Park Rd. on Federal Highway.
Hours of Operation:
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Tues. - Sat.; 12 p.m. - 6
p.m. Sun.
Description and Activities:
THE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF CARTOON ART
is the only museum of its kind with cartoonists
represented from over 50 countries.
Started in 1974 in Greenwich,
CT, it moved to Rye Brook, NY and then to Boca
Raton, FL
Open to the public since March 10, 1996, its
collection of over 160,000 original drawings
includes every genre of the art: animation,
comic books, comic strips, gag cartoons, illustration,
editorial cartoons, greeting cards, caricature,
graphic novels, sports cartoons, and computer
generated art.
The Museum's collection
also includes over 10,000 books on cartoons
and a thousand hours of film and video of
animated cartoons, interviews, and cartoon
documentaries.
This online museum
will give you a sampling of the Museum. You'll
find a gallery of artists and their work,
advice for those of you looking to stretch
your artistic wings, a peek into the Museum
store and much more.
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