"Hanna-Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning"

On view through May 29, 2017 at Norman Rockwell Museum

Before the rise of basic cable, Saturday mornings for many children in America were spent watching cartoons on one of three available television channels. From 1958 through the 1980s, a majority of those cartoons bore the imprint of Hanna-Barbera. Creating scores of popular series such as "The Yogi Bear Show," "The Flintstones," "The Jetsons," "Jonny Quest," and "Scooby-Doo," Hanna-Barbera was an animation powerhouse and its bountiful creativity is beloved to this day.

"Hanna Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning" focuses primarily on the golden years of the studio—from the premiere of their first cartoon, "The Ruff and Reddy Show," in 1957 and "The Huckleberry Hound Show" in 1958 to the debut of "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" in 1969. Hanna and Barbera’s early work on "Tom and Jerry" will be explored, in addition to the scores of TV and film animation and live-action projects created by the studio between 1970 and 2001. Included within the exhibition will be original animation art, sketches, model sheets, photographs, and archival materials that detail the process of bringing the studio’s creations to life. Also included in the exhibition, Hanna-Barbera-related toys and other commercial products, and an interactive installation that will draw from the vast library of sound effects created by the studio. The exhibition was developed in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and has been sponsored, in part, by Keator Group, LLC.

Video by Bill Killon. Produced by Jesse Kowalski for Norman Rockwell Museum. ©Norman Rockwell Museum. All rights reserved.

All HB characters and related elements © & ™ Hanna-Barbera. TOM AND JERRY and all related characters and elements © & ™ Turner Entertainment Co. (s16)