How did The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art come about?
The Museum is the realization of a long-held dream of Eric Carle and his wife Bobbie to create a place where original picture book art could be enjoyed and appreciated, and its potential to transform learning could be explored. It has been said that picture books are an introduction to literature for the very young reader, says Eric Carle, We wanted to help build a museum that would be the same thing for the first time museum visitor: an introduction to the experience of looking at art.” Thanks to the Carles creative vision and the support provided by over 1,000 contributors to the building fund, the Carle Museum was built in an old apple orchard in an area of Western New England that Eric Carle has called home for over thirty years.
