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The Words & Pictures Museum of Fine Sequential Art was an art museum in Northampton, Massachusetts devoted to exhibitions of narrative art, cartoons, comic books, and graphic novels. Open to the public from 1992 to 1999, the Museum's collection at one point numbered 20,000 original works from hundreds of artists including Simon Bisley, Vaughn Bodē, Robert Crumb, Richard Corben, Frank Frazetta, Jaime Hernandez, Jack Kirby,〔Cooke, Jon B. "A Home Fit for a King: Examining the Kirby Collection at the Words & Pictures Museum," ''The Jack Kirby Collector'' #19 (Apr. 1998), p. 13a.〕 George Pratt, Dave McKean, Frank Miller, Jon J Muth, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Gilbert Shelton. == History == The Museum was founded in 1990〔("Museum History" ). Words & Pictures Museum website. Accessed Jan. 29, 2014.〕 by artist Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.〔Kreiner, Rich. "The Museum Built on the Backs of Turtles: the Words & Pictures Museum of Northampton, Massachusetts", ''The Comics Journal'' #167 (April 1994), pp. 78–82.〕 Initially located in Northampton's Roundhouse Building,〔 the Museum opened its doors on October 9, 1992. In late 1994, the Museum moved to the Beardsley Building (named for English illustrator Aubrey Beardsley),〔 into a state-of-the-art four-floor facility in downtown Northampton,〔Hatfield, Charles. "Newswatch: Art News: The New, Expanded Words & Pictures Museum: The Second Time Around". ''The Comics Journal'' #176 (April 1995), pp. 19–26.〕 which it occupied until its closing. Despite receiving a large donation in the summer of 1996,〔"Newswatch: Words and Pictures Receives Massive Donation". ''The Comics Journal'' #188 (July 1996), pp. 15–16.〕 by mid-1997 it was reported that the Museum was facing financial difficulties.〔Stump, Greg. "Newswatch: Comics Museums Facing Financial Crisis". ''The Comics Journal'' #198 (August 1997), pp. 11–15.〕 The Museum closed its doors for good on July 16, 1999.〔Dean, Michael. "Words & Pictures Museum Comes to a Virtual End". ''The Comics Journal'' #212 (May 1999), pp. 16–17.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners - Email Distribution Lists )〕 After the closure of the physical exhibition space, the Museum's outreach program moved online in the form of the Virtual Words & Pictures Museum, and featured online educational exhibits and research directories.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Caroline and Erwin Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Massachusetts Museum Guide )〕 The virtual Museum's website does not appear to have been updated since 2002.〔(wordsandpictures.org )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Words & Pictures Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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