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The Eric Carle Museum
of Picture Book Art
  • 125 West Bay Road
  • Amherst, MA 01002

Hours

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

  • Tuesday- Friday10 am - 4 pm
  • Saturday 10am – 5pm
  • Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm

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News

Eric Carle

Fold, Write, Draw
Ryan Murray from Guest Services at The Carle has been noticing guests create in the galleries this summer and wrote a blog post to share with us. Read more to see what has been happening in the galleries! READ MORE

Storytelling and Drawing with Light

Ryan Murray from Guest Services at The Carle has been noticing guests create in the galleries this spring and wrote a blog post to share with us. Read more to see what has been happening in the galleries!

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Remarkable Rainbow Collage
To celebrate the opening of the exhibition Brown Bear Turns 50! we spent five weeks in the Art Studio exploring collage techniques, and the colors within Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? by Eric Carle. Focusing on one color at a time, we started experimenting with orange papers and worked our way backwards through the book to the brown of Brown Bear. READ MORE

Brown Bear Turns 50: Picture Book Endpapers Display Wall

In honor of three big events this fall surrounding Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See??the 50th Anniversary of Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle?s acclaimed collaboration, The Carle?s pop-up exhibition Brown Bear Everywhere (August 13 - October 9, 2016), and The Carle?s gallery exhibition Brown Bear Turns 50 (September 13, 2016 - March 19, 2017)?the Art Studio recreated the endpapers of this iconic book. READ MORE

Watercolor-Painted Collage Papers
If you’re a parent or educator, hearing the name Eric Carle probably brings many colorful pictures mind. His iconic tissue paper collages are loved by many. We’ve come up with a few alternative materials and processes so that children and adults can have a fun and successful experience creating their own visually-textured collage papers. READ MORE

Kindergarten Collages

Last week I visited four kindergarten classes at Hatherly Elementary and Jenkins Elementary schools in Scituate, Massachusetts. I taught our "I Am an Artist" outreach program.

Join The "What's Your Favorite Animal" Project!
In What’s Your Favorite Animal? a new book by Eric Carle & Friends, 14 amazing children’s book artists share their favorite animals. We’d love for you to do the same! If your kids are school break this coming week like they are here in Amherst, MA, this may be the perfect time to create some animal art and submit it to The “What’s Your Favorite Animal?” Project. READ MORE
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