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Help Out London’s Cartoon Museum
Save A British Comics Institution
London’s Cartoon Museum is a major destination detailing the history of UK comics and cartoons and it is in financial difficulty. They are running a crowdfunding campaign and here’s a few details on it…
Why we need your help
The museum closed on March 18, resulting in no income from visitor admissions, from the museum shop, events or from learning workshops. It may take time on re-opening for our visitors to return: seniors (our super adults !) and tourists, children, student and school visits. In 2021 we are budgetting for an 80% cut in visitor numbers. We have received over 420,000 visitors since 2006 and built a nationally important collection of cartoons, comics and caricatures, and a library of 18,000 comics and books – all without regular government or local authority support. Over 50,000 children and adults have attended cartooning, comic and animation workshops and the museum receives 3,000 student visits each year. We have uploaded and circulated our learning materials as a free downloadable resource for families to use at home and uploaded our current show, Dear Mr. Poole, at www.cartoonmuseum.org We do, however, have continuing unavoidable expenditure and are very concerned about our ability to survive over the next few months.
We need to raise £150,000 and are hoping that our friends, charitable trusts and the wider public will support us. The Cartoon Art Trust as a charity also qualifies for gift aid.
Here’s a video of vox pops on the museum
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