Cartoon Museum Picks Designer for its NYC Locale

By: E&P Staff The National Cartoon Museum has selected Ralph Appelbaum Associates to design its new facilities in New York City's Empire State Building, which the NCM hopes to move into late next year.

RAA has worked on facilities such as the United States Holocaust Museum, the American Folk Art Museum, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the American Museum of Natural History.

The NCM (E&P Online, Sept. 6) was formerly known as the International Museum of Cartoon Art. It was founded in 1974 by "Beetle Bailey" creator Mort Walker of King Features Syndicate, and has been located in Greenwich, Conn.; Rye Brook, N.Y.; and Boca Raton, Fla. Its collection includes approximately 200,000 pieces of cartoon art.