National Museum of Animation and Children's Entertainment

The National Museum of Animation and Children's Entertainment (formerly the National Animation Museum from 1983-1990) is an American museum devoted to animated media and children's entertainment located in.

Founded in 1983 in by Lonny Fechner, the purpose of the museum — currently controlled by the Lonny Fechner Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization created in 1993 and dedicated to the advancement and preservation of animation and children's media — is to help the public recognize "how animation and children's media have impacted our lives throughout the decades."

The Museum organizes the National Animation and Children's Media Hall of Fame and is the host of the Chuck Jones Awards, which celebrates achievements in animation.

History
Lonny Fechner, a longtime animation enthusiast, created the National Animation Museum in 1983 in. In 1987, Fechner moved to, and re-established the museum there.

In 1990, the museum became the National Museum of Animation and Children's Entertainment after beginning to cover non-animated children's media, such as Sesame Street.

In 1993, Fechner created the Lonny Fechner Foundation to control the day-to-day operations of the museum. In 1995, after substantial fundraising and a $9.2 million donation from, the Museum moved from Chaska to a new campus in.

In 2021, the Museum completed its move to a new campus in, built on land donated by. The previous Chanhassen campus was put up for sale and has since been converted for commercial use.