Quentin Blake’s £12.5 million museum of illustrations opens its doors

London has a new museum, and it’s also the largest of its kind in the world devoted entirely to hand-drawn illustrations.Founded by prolific artist Sir Quentin Blake, it’s actually the second home for the museum after its temporary existence as the House of Illustration in King’s Cross. However, when a former industrial building that’s been empty since the 1950s came up for grabs, they saw the opportunity to create a much larger permanent collection in London.
Due to open