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News & Press

Find out what’s happening at The Carle.

For media inquiries, press information, and photo requests, please contact press@carlemuseum.org.

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Read our Annual Report

Read our 2024 Annual Report

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See the Colorful Creations of Raúl Colón

Read our press release about the 2025 exhibition.

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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Inspires Peace, Love, and Understanding

Picture book art offers us a reminder of what truly matters: the values of peace, love, and our shared humanity. Please donate today!

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In Memory of Barbara Elleman

Barbara Elleman was a trustee emerita, guest curator, and founder of the research library that bears her name, The Barbara Elleman Research Library.

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The Carle receives a 2024 Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund Grant

The Carle receives a Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund grant.

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The Carle Receives Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism Grant

The Carle received a Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism Grant in 2024.

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Celebrate the Cultural Icon Free to Be...You and Me

Read a press release about the exhibition, Free to Be…You and Me: 50 Years of Stories and Songs, on view November 16, 2024 – April 6, 2025.

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The Carle Receives Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services

Read a press release about a grant The Carle received from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 2024.

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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Announces Five New Trustees

Read the full press release announcing five new trustees.

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Major Acquisition of Artwork by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney

Read a press release about the major acquisition of artwork by Caldecott medalist Jerry Pinkney.

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New Exhibition Reveals Creative Duo Behind Beloved Picture Books

Learn more about Eric Carle & Ann Beneduce’s Collaboration through Picture Books.

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Federal Grant will Fund Professional Development for Museums10 Staff

Read about the three-year, $306,115 federal grant awarded to The Five College Consortium in 2024.