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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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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.

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Exhibition Schedule: Fall 2024–Summer 2025

Learn more about all of our exhibitions!

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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Announces the 2024 Carle Honors Honorees

The Carle celebrates exceptional individuals and organizations in children’s picture book art and literature at 17th annual Benefit Gala.

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Exciting Challenge News!

Double your gift and help expand the reach of The Carle!

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Fuzuê! Invention & Imagination in the Art of Roger Mello

Roger Mello won the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen award in 2014

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Pictures at Play: Metafiction in Art

Metafiction is fiction about fiction