[mk_page_section full_width=”true” padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”0″ section_id=”hero” el_class=”difd_slider-active” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_vulcanHeroSlider images=”72386″][/vc_column][/mk_page_section][mk_page_section padding_top=”128″ padding_bottom=”128″ section_id=”welcome” el_class=” difFullHeight difd_add-triangle-top-left-orange” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/6″][mk_contact_info title=”Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art” address=”125 W Bay Rd, Amherst, MA 01002″ website=”http://www.carlemuseum.org”][mk_gallery images=”1386,1387,1414,1894,1895″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1619707970672{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The mission of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts, is to inspire a love of art and reading through picture books. The only full-scale museum of its kind in the United States, The Carle collects, preserves, presents, and celebrates picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/mk_page_section]