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04 Jan 2009 | Morgan Library: New York: Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors | | Focusing on the first book by each of Babar's authors, the exhibition explores how two different men created and developed the character of the little elephant.
Where: The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016
Open: Tuesday through Thursday: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday: 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tickets: $12 Adults; $8 Children (under 16)
Contact: 001 (212) 685-0008 (www.themorgan.org)
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31 Aug 2008 | Tate Britain: The lure of the East: British orientalist painting | | An exploration of the responses of British artists to the cultures and landscapes of the Near and Middle East between 1780 and 1930. This will include rarely seen paintings by Richard Dadd, Edward Lear, Lord Leighton and William Holman Hunt.
Tickets: £10 (concs £8; free for children under 12
and members)
Open: daily 10am-5.50pm
Where: Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
Contact: 020 7887 8888 (www.tate.org.uk/britain)
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31 Dec 2008 | The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers | | Exhibition featuring original watercolours for The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (both celebrating their 100th birthdays).
Open: 10.30am-4.30pm (days vary, see website)
Tickets: £4 adult; £2 children; £10 family
Where: Beatrix Potter Gallery, Main Street, Hawkshead, Cumbria LA22 ONS
Contact: 015394 36355 (www.nationaltrust.org.uk)
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02 Jan 2010 | Seven Stories: The Centre for Children’s Books | | Incredible Journeys
Key books, manuscripts and original artwork from the past 70 years in imaginative sets of story worlds
Open: Mon-Weds, Fri, Sat 10am-5pm; Thurs 10am-6pm; Sun 11am-5pm
Tickets: £5 adult; £4 children/concs; £15 family
Where: 30 Lime Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ
Contact: 0191 261 1931 or e-mail info@sevenstories.org.uk
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