George Eastman Museum
Animation: Illusion of Motion
Check out these moving picture devices that came before the cinema. Includes instructions on how to make your own.
Library of Congress
Loc: See, Hear, and Sing Animation
The Library of Congress takes a look at the wacky world of cartoons, beginning with George Melies, who demonstrated that objects could be animated in film with a series of drawings, each drawn with slight changes.