The Jim Henson Collection

Center for Puppetry Arts

Photo by: Sara Hanna Photography

Center for Puppetry Arts
1404 Spring Street NW at 18th
Atlanta, GA
www.puppet.org
404-873-3391

In 2007, Jim Henson’s family announced a momentous gift of puppets and props to the Center for Puppetry Arts. We are thrilled that approximately half of our expanded museum space is dedicated to the Jim Henson Collection.
This interactive exhibition follows Henson’s prolific imagination chronologically, transporting visitors through environments that typified the master puppeteer’s world such as Jim’s Office and the Television Studio.
In addition to learning how Henson’s characters came to life and are still performed, visitors can view iconic puppets such as Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.

ONGOING
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Non-Members: $10.50, Members: FREE

The Global Collection

Center for Puppetry Arts

Photo by: Sara Hanna Photography

Center for Puppetry Arts
1404 Spring Street NW at 18th
Atlanta, GA
www.puppet.org
404-873-3391

The Global Collection celebrates puppetry traditions in major cultures from around the world. Highlighting the history of puppetry in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, this Collection also demonstrates the use of the art form as a teaching and communication tool.
Organized by continent, artifacts are displayed with rich, contextual backdrops and hands-on interactives that encourage patrons to immerse themselves in puppetry traditions from around the world.

ONGOING
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Non-Members: $10.50, Members: FREE

Creatures from the Land of Thra: Character Design for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave.
Astoria, NY
movingimage.us/exhibitions/
718-777-6888

Creatures from the Land of Thra: Character Design for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance explores the process of designing the fantastical characters for the new Netflix series, a prequel to the 1982 film co-directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. The exhibit features a selection of concept art, maquettes, puppets, and behind-the-scenes images, tracing the collaboration between concept artist Brian Froud, who originated the world of Thra in The Dark Crystal, and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, which built the puppets for the series. Highlights include the Hunter Skeksis, the General Skeksis, a Fizzgig, and the All-Maudra and Seladon Gelflings, as well as a series of detailed maquettes, created by Toby Froud, which were used as models for the characters.
The ten-part Netflix series, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance pits Gelfling heroes against the nefarious Skeksis, as they attempt to save their world. The series is set many years before the story depicted by The Dark Crystal, and presents a greatly expanded world with many additional characters.

ONGOING
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$9-$15

The Jim Henson Exhibition

Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave.
Astoria, NY
movingimage.us/exhibitions/2013/11/06/detail/the-jim-henson-exhibition/
718-777-6888

The Jim Henson Exhibition explores Henson's groundbreaking work for film and television and his transformative impact on popular culture. This new exhibition features approximately 300 objects to tell the story of how Henson and a talented team of designers, performers, and writers created an unparalleled body of work that continues to delight and inspire people of all ages. Among the highlights are nearly 50 puppets including Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Rowlf, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Gobo Fraggle, and Wendell Porcupine; character sketches, storyboards, scripts, and photographs; and nearly 30 monitors with video clips from throughout his career and three large-scale video installations.

ONGOING
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$9-$15

Original Puppets from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Pittsburgh Children's Museum

Photo by: Joe Fulton

Pittsburgh Children's Museum
10 Children's Way
Pittsburgh, PA
pittsburghkids.org/exhibit/fred-roger-memories/
412-322-5058

Fred Rogers is a beloved icon for Pittsburgh and has been a bedrock for Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh since its inception – as an advisor, a mentor and a friend. We believe it’s important to continue to memorialize Fred’s wonderful and meaningful work, as well as help today’s children and families better relate to his many invaluable messages.
King Friday XIII, Queen Sarah Saturday, Henrietta Pussycat, X the Owl, Lady Elaine Fairchilde, Daniel Striped Tiger and Gran Pere greet you as you enter the Nursery exhibit.

Monday-Sunday 10am-5pm

Included with Museum Admission

The Helstien Collection

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Fowler Museum at UCLA
308 Charles E Young Dr N
Los Angeles, CA
fowler.ucla.edu/research
310-825-4361

Since the early tenth century BCE, historians, grammarians, priests, and poets have celebrated the art of puppetry in India. Deeply rooted in the Hindu tradition, shadow puppetry is a form of folk theater that is transmitted orally and performed by itinerant puppeteers and musicians who travel the vast countryside. Today, it is a fast-disappearing art, and its demise threatens the traditional tales, stories of local village life, and reworkings of the great Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. This collection provides access to the field research materials of the late Dr. Melvyn Helstein, professor of theater arts at UCLA, who collected nearly six hundred puppets for the Museum’s collections. Materials include interviews with puppet makers from South India, transcriptions of plays, slides capturing the drama of these nighttime performances, several volumes of diapositives, and pen-and-ink illustrations of puppets.

Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday - 12pm-5pm
Thursday - 12pm-8pm

Free

The (Aurora) Valentinetti Puppet Museum

Evergreen Children's Theatre

The (Aurora) Valentinetti Puppet Museum
280 Fourth Street
Bremerton, WA
www.ectandpuppets.org
360-479-6226

Celebrating its 21st year (2019), the Museum, a division of Evergreen Children’s Theatre, has a unique history in the NW and Puget Sound area. Situated in the center of Puget Sound, the Museum collections have been supported by local and international donors and collectors. Two large gifts from China and a third from Japan augment a collection nearing 2,000 items all received as gifts. The curator arranges changing exhibits throughout the year. Museum holdings are especially strong in Asian, American-Northwest, and Europe with current strengths in China, India, Indonesia, Burma (Myanmar), University of Washington, Mexico, and England. Nearly 30 countries are represented.
The Museum celebrates our namesake, Aurora Valentinetti’s designation as the University of Washington’s #Distinguished Teaching Legacy Award winner for 2018 presented by the #UWAA. This recognizes her 50-year teaching career and the influence she has made on generations of puppeteers.

Thursday-Friday 10:00am-4:00pm
Saturday 12:00pm-4:00pm

The Bread and Puppet Museum

Bread and Puppet Theater

The Bread and Puppet Museum
753 Heights Road
Glover, VT
breadandpuppet.org/museum
802-525-3031

The Bread and Puppet Museum is a massive accumulation of the puppets, masks, paintings and graphics of the Bread and Puppet Theater, housed in a 150-year-old barn in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, 25 miles south of the Canadian border. It is one of the largest collections of some of the biggest puppets and masks in the world. It was created in 1974 when Bread and Puppet Theater moved to this former dairy farm after a residency at Goddard College, and before that close to a decade in New York City. The museum is full to the brim; its population density is an expression not only of the accumulations of time but of the urgencies which inspired the making of so much stuff: the poverty of the poor, the arrogance of the war-mongers, the despair of the victims, and maybe even stronger than that, the glory of this whole god-given world. And naturally, all this will decay in due course.
Grouped according to theme, color, or size, the puppets recreate dramatic scenes from bygone shows and form striking compositions with hand-printed banners and paper-mache reliefs. Over the years, the collection has expanded to fill two floors in the barn and now spills out into the woodshed, the Cheap Art bus across the road, and onto the walls of the Paper-Mache Cathedral behind the barn.

The museum is open June 1 to November 1, daily 10 am to 6:00 pm, and is also open before and after evening performances. There is a museum tour every Saturday at 6:00pm and Sunday at 1:00 pm during July and August. During the cold months, it is officially closed, but may be opened by appointment or chance.

Admission is free; donations are welcome

World of Puppetry Museum

Brigham City Fine Arts Center

World of Puppetry Museum, Brigham City Fine Arts Center
58 S 100 W
Brigham City, UT
bcfineartscenter.org/world_of_puppetry_museum.html
435-723-0740

Come see an eye-catching array of over 150 puppets from around the world (15 different countries) as we celebrate creativity and the ingenuity of people from a variety of world cultures. Also included are puppets that represent our own American favorites from movies and stories. Latest additions are Bross marionettes from Germany and an exciting display of Mexican puppets . . . Viva los titeres!!!
We feature a puppet show, hands-on exhibits, puppet craft time and several informal wide mouth puppet folk tales. We work with visitors' schedules for the other activities. You can call to schedule in advance, or show up at the door. Puppet tours and workshops available by appointment.

Open twice monthly
1st and 3rd Saturday of the month
1-4pm
The puppet show is at 2pm

Free (donations are welcome)

Gus White's Punch and Judy

The Mel Birnkrant Collection

Mouse Heaven Website
melbirnkrant.com/collection/page10.html

Mel Birnkrant takes you on a virtual tour through images and text of his collection of Gus White's famed Punch and Judy puppets.

Free - online