The Cartoon Museum

On the ground floor of the Cartoon Museum - a transformed former dairy - the cartoons are displayed chronologically, starting with the early eighteenth-century when high-society types back from the Grand Tour introduced the Italian practice of the caricatura to polite society. From Hogarth the displays move on to British cartooning's 'golden age' (1770-1830). 'Modern times' covers political wartime cartoons and social commentary produced between 1914 and 1961. The 'new satire' section – works published from 1961 onwards – includes Ralph Steadman, Steve Bell, Dave Brown, Matt and others. Downstairs the artists' names are immediately recognisable; upstairs – where comic strip art from 2000AD, the Dandy and the Beano is displayed – is much more about the characters portrayed: Rupert the Bear, Dan Dare, Judge Dredd et al. The excellent shop is recommended, as is the library where – by appointment – you can search the catalogue of some 3,000 books. Children's animation workshops are held during school holidays.

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  Build your own spacecraft with NASA!

  At home, London

  Mon 08 Feb 2021, 00:00

  Ages 0+

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  Make a topographic map!

  At home, London

  Mon 08 Feb 2021, 00:00

  Ages 0+

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  London Symphony Orchestra Family Concert: Space

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  Mon 25 Jan 2021, 11:00 - Sun 31 Jan 2021, 12:00

  Ages 7 to 12

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  Learning Planet Festival

  Virtual, Virtual, London

  Sun 24 Jan 2021, 00:00 - Mon 25 Jan 2021, 23:59

  Ages 0+

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