The Cartoon Museum

Delightful but important museum hosting a perspective on history you don't get taught in schools.

There's a gift shop selling a variety of things which might be a good gift for that person who's hard to buy for.

A short talk from Oxford circus, it's also a little haven of tranquillity from the hustle and bustle.

Visited today for the Wrong Trousers anniversary exhibit - very glad I made the journey. Interesting and informative collection that gives you a glimpse into the creative process behind the film along with a range of original models and set pieces. Staff very helpful and polite. Recommend highly.

If you like your comics, political cartoons or animation, this is the place to head for. When I was there this time in October 23, there was a display on by Aardman. The political cartoons are brilliant and you walk through the changes in styles and attitudes of UK humour and artwork. In the centre is the life size Spitting Image puppet of Roy Hattersley, made famous by his ability to spray the audience with spit when he talked. Another hidden gem, just off the busy Oxford Street that is well worth a visit.

There was a wallace and grommit exhibit happening while we visited that was absolutely stellar!!! Definitely take the time to check it out if you're in the area and have an hour or two to spare!!

Really excellent little museum dedicated to cartoon art in all its forms with an emphasis on British cartoonists. It’s really well laid out and curated with an amazing array of original artwork from the little known to the iconic. There’s also a nice little gift shop and the staff are lovely. There’s even a space where you can draw your own cartoons and comics. Very highly recommended if you’re in London.

Very interesting political cartoons and some hilarious ones as well! It’s a smaller museum but had a good amount of cartoons to look at. The Wallace and Gromit exhibit was fun. It explored their start as a drawing to claymation to the tv screen.

Great museum. Varied exhibition with a lot of cartoons. Mainly political. It was interesting to see the wallace and gromit stuff. The workers were very informative and friendly. My mum loved it

This highly interesting collection of predominately political cartoons is a must-see for both people interested in the art as well as history. Cartoons provide a unique and accessible insight into the political landscape of the time.
Also the staff at the ticket counter is lovely.

Wallace & Grommet exhibition on at time of our visit - 30 years since The Wrong Trousers hit the screens. Delightful museum that packs a lot in. There's very recent cartoons site classics from Punch, Dan Dare, Giles many many others. It's a great facility. At the time of our visit the main lift was out of order, but the staff organised the service elevator which was a great help and started our introduction to the museum in the way down. Thanks to everyone.

Excellent. Great cartoons thru the centuries plus an exhibition on Wallace &Gromit. Sooo good

It wasn't quite what I expected but it was very good. I had expected mainly cartoons aimed at children, but the focus was on political satire. It was a small quirky museum with friendly staff and cartoons to look at saying back over history.

Beautiful small museum with 2 gallerys one for permanent and one temporary exhibition. Also it has a store that you can find different souvenirs and books.

I personally loved it. As both a tourist in London, and a person passionate about drawing, I found it super interesting. They had a little extra exhibit on a graphic novelist and his process and comics throughout the years, which I found absolutely enthralling. Seeing the way his mind worked and how he created his novels really inspired me. I have to admit, I ended up attempting to make a little comic of my own. It was quite a good small size, perfect for a pop in and look around. Loved it

I visited the Cartoon Museum on the day the UK Chancellor was sacked and Trussonomics was hopefully consigned to the garbage bin of history. The museum has a superb collection of political cartoons from the 18th century onwards. A wonderful reminder that politicians have been posturing noisily for centuries, and thank God we have humour and satire to rein them in. Love this place, so much more they could do if funding allowed. A proper museum catalogue would be a good place to start.

Super museum, beautifully laid out and the wonderful exhibits had us chuckling. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff, definitely a great way to spend a few hours. Highly recommended.

Free for under 18s, and it was a good medium size, so enough to spend some time in.

I didn’t expect it do be so political and funny, but I was pleasantly surprised. I loved the shop it had!

Very interesting, history of the cartoon in the main gallery. Don't miss the Wallace & grommit exhibition about 30yrs since the 'wrong trousers'. Absolutely delightful.

i love visiting the museum and had many good laughs with several of the cartoons exhibited. it is quite a small collection but pretty decent. also, they have been quite affected by the pandemic (the opened right before it kicked in) and really need more people to know about it and visit. bonus points for the souvenir store! very creative and made me want to buy several items

It is one of my favourite museums in London. I have been there 3 times and each time it has been great. My favourite things were Rupert Bear, Wallace and Gromit and Dennis the Menace

Small but lovely museum with interesting stuff to see. Two hours easily passed. It's nice to see the original drawings of the cartoonists