Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book. It is a member of Museums10 and is adjacent to the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Carle was founded by Eric and Barbara Carle, and designed by Juster Pope Frazier Architects. Together with his wife Barbara (1938-2015), Eric Carle, the author and illustrator of more than 70 books, including the 1969 classic "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", founded the museum. It was the first full-scale museum in
Jean Carle by the Charter. After leaving the PMO in 1998, Carle took up a post as vice-president responsible for corporate affairs at the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDBC). Patrick Lavelle, the chairman of the Business Development Bank, tried to block Carle's appointment on the grounds that he was unsuitable for the post, but after a meeting with Carle's patron Chrétien, felt he had "no choice", but to accept Carle. Carle played a role in the Sponsorship scandal. Carle admitted to the Gomery Commission in 2005 that he had created a $125, 000 phoney paper trail to hide a sponsorship deal