Open 7 Days a Week 10am-4pm
(Except for Christmas Day & Good Friday)
Please be advised that all those from current hotspots will be asked to visit another day and all those from Covid Alert areas will be asked to wear a mask whilst in the gallery.
General Admission Adults $10, Pensioners $8, Children Under 16 $6, Under 5 Free
The National Cartoon Gallery
Home of the Rotary Cartoon Awards, The National Cartoon Gallery @The Bunker in Coffs Harbour is the only gallery of its kind and known as the spiritual home of cartooning in Australia. Our entertaining and thought provoking exhibitions change regularly, as well as workshops, movie nights, performances and other special events for children and adults. You're bound to find something to make you smile at the bunker!
So come on, why don’t you... join us for a good laugh!
Upcoming Exhibitions & Events
Bill Leak Exhibition
To open our new exhibition space, the National Cartoon Gallery is excited to welcome the wittiest set of cartoons you’ll ever see from the late Bill Leak, master of non-politically correct satire and his son Johannes Leak. These cartoons and caricatures cover the political and social life of Australia over the past 30 years. His…
Behind The Lines
The National Cartoon Gallery will once again be hosting bi-annual favourite Behind The Lines in the Bunker gallery. This travelling exhibition is curated by the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House in Canberra and celebrates the role of political cartoonists in Australia and the power their drawings have in contributing to our daily…
The Chronicles of Sandwich Bag Dad
This dad’s morning ritual of drawing on his 3 daughter’s lunch-bags has been the highlight of the school day for teachers and students at his local school for 8 years (and counting). Recently, via Instagram this quirky tradition has also been found to be entertaining 1,000’s of families across the world and now form the…
Sandwich Bag Dad Opening Night
Bring the kids along and join us on opening night for this fun pun-filled exhibition! Dave Blumenthal aka The Sandwich Bag Dad and his family will be joining us to officially open the exhibition and share stories of how he came to be entertaining families across the world with their family lunchtime tradition. On Friday…
Cartoon Workshops with Sandwich Bag Dad
Join in the fun at our school holiday workshops hosted by Sandwich Bag Dad himself! Learn drawing techniques as well as tips on how to be a pun master. Go home with your own illustrated sandwhich bag and be the highlight of the school yard with your new dad joke skills skills up your sleeves.…
Manga Mates
Attention Kids… grab your parents and take them on a Japanese comic adventure, show them why Manga is continually growing in popularity world wide. The National Cartoon Gallery is excited to have been invited to partner with The Japan International Manga Awards to bring you this exhibition. By combining a display of winning works from the…
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