Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum

History :

Stan Burdick has been collecting cartoon memorabilia for over 50 years. In 1998, wishing to share his collection with the public, he opened the Hague Cartoon Museum in Hague, New York (10 miles south of Ticonderoga). The museum remained in Hague for seven summers until the building housing the museum was slated for demolition in 2003.

In 2004, a rental agreement was formed with the Ticonderoga Town Board, giving Stan's collection a home in the basement of Ticonderoga Community Building. The Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum officially opened on April Fools' Day, 2004 - a fitting date considering the contents of the collection!

With the move to Ticonderoga, several new exhibits were established, including a Mort Drucker original from Mad Magazine, art by Chuck Jones and Frank Frazetta, and the current "Zits" strip by Jerry Scott. The collection is expected to continue to grow. "We're continually expanding and adding. It's never finished," says Stan.

The Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum is staffed by volunteers from the community. One dollar from every ticket sold goes to the town for leasing the space to the museum.