Workshops for Schools, Colleges and Youth Groups
The Cartoon Museum’s Learning Programme provides a range of exciting and unique workshops that encourage young people to explore their creativity and be inspired by the wide variety of cartoons and comic pages in the Museum’s collection.
Workshops can be tailored to suit all ages and levels of ability, and are taught by professional artists and writers with years of teaching experience. Our purpose-built new Clore Learning Studio can comfortably accommodate up to 30 pupils.
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Workshops last 90 minutes and must be booked in advance.
Workshops are available to book Tuesday to Friday, 10.30am - 12.00pm; 12.30pm - 2pm (subject to availability) during term time.
Our classroom can comfortably seat up to 30 students.
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We charge £100 per 90-minute workshop.
Schools in the boroughs of Camden & Westminster are eligible for a 15% discount. Please enquire when booking.
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How do I get here?
We are less than half a mile away from Oxford Circus (Central, Victoria and Bakerloo Line) or Goodge Street (Northern Line).
What time should we arrive?
Schools should arrive 15 minutes before the workshop starting time.
Can we have lunch at the museum after our session?
You are welcome to eat in the classroom provided you leave the space clean and tidy.
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To book, fill out our booking form and email it to learning@cartoonmuseum.org. Explore our range of workshops below to see what options are available and how they fulfill curriculum goals.
Our Workshops
Students design their own character, practise drawing them from different viewpoints, and use a simple narrative structure to write and draw a one-page comic-strip story.
Who was the first British superhero?
Which DC Comics writer also invented the lie detector? Who really created Spider-Man?
Pupils are shown examples of caricatures in the museum’s collection – from the 18th century to the present day - and then learn how to draw funny portraits.
Which World War 2 cartoonist wound up on Hitler’s ‘Death List’ and why? Who changed the look of British cartoons with his World War 2 propaganda posters? Who had the funniest moustache, Kaiser Wilhelm or Adolf Hitler?
A special session for early years children. A fun workshop where children draw some famous superhero faces and then create a silly superhero and draw it onto a blank Marvel-style comic cover.
A new workshop designed for neurodiverse pupils at all levels of ability. Participants will contribute to a giant cartoon picture that can be taken away for display at school.